I was really drawn into Kate’s one reading and Jazmyn’s reading. I keep thinking about trauma because that is what my paper is about, but there is something else at play that connects these two texts. Love offers a very complex degree to human life, and both of these stories carry that idea within them. Kate’s “Stone Butch Blues” excerpt was the one that really had me thinking, especially with the idea that there are different types of parents to people. I of course have my own mom and dad, but there are some things that I go to other people for advice on, if there happens to be a partner connected to that person, they become my ___ mom and dad. I have a work mom and dad, school parents, etc.
I was also thinking about Jazmyn’s text and how the story shapes love in different ways. There’s Starr’s new boyfriend, family, and Kahlil. Based on how Starr viewed each person changed how she talked about or to them. There is this overarching idea of unconditioned love for Starr though with all of these people, and I think that says the most about who Starr is as a person. I will try to bring this up Monday in class, as long as I can remember what I was talking about.
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