Forging My Own Definition of Love

Dad’s misogyny and mis-guided masculinity will not diminish me.

Dad’s smile

The Fury and Fear

I don’t need to look for the roots of Dad’s misogyny. I don’t want to. What I do want to do is to actively disengage, find a refuge, an away-ness. Saving myself sounds high-drama because it was. (It is). Escape isn’t always a planned event. Survivors of…