Good morning,

How are you doing, alright? I hope so. Just two articles today, on a really nice theme – of honesty, with others and also with oneself.

We start with a really short Sara Hendren piece on a response she got from a talk. This has been a huge source of strength for me this week. I have read it several times and also sent it to lots of people. Maybe it's got a message for you too! Here you go:

It costs us something to be the beginner. Our minds opt for intellectual ejector seats, taking us away from new ideas. But “I hadn’t thought of that before” is actually the experience of joy trying to reach us.

https://sarahendren.com/2021/04/28/i-hadnt-thought-of-that-before/

On a new topic, here's Drew Gregory talking about how much Friends meant to her as a young transwoman. I really love this reminder that stories mean different things to different people and that for better or worse, we can never really know what our words are going to mean to someone else:

The first time I read an article about how Friends was actually homophobic and that meant it was actually bad and that actually we should all hate it, this line was included. I was horrified. I wanted so badly to be a good ally to women and gay people — I was literally in college on a scholarship for queer activism — and yet apparently this line that had meant so much to me was homophobic. I didn’t understand why.

https://www.autostraddle.com/i-still-cant-believe-friends-was-the-first-time-i-saw-myself-on-screen/

Have a lovely Friday, team! 💗

A xx.