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Miranda July

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Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

Potentially, it's the same hormones that the narrator is taking, estrogen, you know, that a non-binary trans feminine child might one day take. But beyond that, you know, as a mother... It's not my story to tell, especially because as with any child, it's a changing story. And you don't like you.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

Potentially, it's the same hormones that the narrator is taking, estrogen, you know, that a non-binary trans feminine child might one day take. But beyond that, you know, as a mother... It's not my story to tell, especially because as with any child, it's a changing story. And you don't like you.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

Potentially, it's the same hormones that the narrator is taking, estrogen, you know, that a non-binary trans feminine child might one day take. But beyond that, you know, as a mother... It's not my story to tell, especially because as with any child, it's a changing story. And you don't like you.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

None of us want to put something out there that's going to haunt the child, you know, which is not to say like. They're ever not going to be trans. I don't mean that. But it's like it's a private journey. My own, you know, deep inner gender and sexuality journey is a private journey. So it's tricky. There's so much...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

None of us want to put something out there that's going to haunt the child, you know, which is not to say like. They're ever not going to be trans. I don't mean that. But it's like it's a private journey. My own, you know, deep inner gender and sexuality journey is a private journey. So it's tricky. There's so much...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

None of us want to put something out there that's going to haunt the child, you know, which is not to say like. They're ever not going to be trans. I don't mean that. But it's like it's a private journey. My own, you know, deep inner gender and sexuality journey is a private journey. So it's tricky. There's so much...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

information and conversation that, uh, is missing and that I would love to give any, any, um, parents or grandparents who are listening, um, But it's just too public for just me as a mother, not an educator, not a writer. Yeah, I'm just too protective of the sanctity of their childhood.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

information and conversation that, uh, is missing and that I would love to give any, any, um, parents or grandparents who are listening, um, But it's just too public for just me as a mother, not an educator, not a writer. Yeah, I'm just too protective of the sanctity of their childhood.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

information and conversation that, uh, is missing and that I would love to give any, any, um, parents or grandparents who are listening, um, But it's just too public for just me as a mother, not an educator, not a writer. Yeah, I'm just too protective of the sanctity of their childhood.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

So, yeah, the four days, every other four days, I'm alone, you know, or wherever, whoever I choose to sleep with. Like in my 20s. Like it's really... Like, you really have to stop and think when you have that time alone where you're not responsible. Like, what actually am I doing here in this life? Like, what do I feel? And you keep...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

So, yeah, the four days, every other four days, I'm alone, you know, or wherever, whoever I choose to sleep with. Like in my 20s. Like it's really... Like, you really have to stop and think when you have that time alone where you're not responsible. Like, what actually am I doing here in this life? Like, what do I feel? And you keep...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

So, yeah, the four days, every other four days, I'm alone, you know, or wherever, whoever I choose to sleep with. Like in my 20s. Like it's really... Like, you really have to stop and think when you have that time alone where you're not responsible. Like, what actually am I doing here in this life? Like, what do I feel? And you keep...

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And just because you've unburdened yourself practically, you know, with from this construction or these these real responsibilities doesn't mean they just automatically lift off your shoulders. Like most of my issues come from within. Right. So suddenly you're like, oh, it wasn't all the construction of marriage or that. the patriarchy or those, it was those things, but they're inside me.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And just because you've unburdened yourself practically, you know, with from this construction or these these real responsibilities doesn't mean they just automatically lift off your shoulders. Like most of my issues come from within. Right. So suddenly you're like, oh, it wasn't all the construction of marriage or that. the patriarchy or those, it was those things, but they're inside me.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And just because you've unburdened yourself practically, you know, with from this construction or these these real responsibilities doesn't mean they just automatically lift off your shoulders. Like most of my issues come from within. Right. So suddenly you're like, oh, it wasn't all the construction of marriage or that. the patriarchy or those, it was those things, but they're inside me.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And I'm still running for dear life or replacing those constructions with new ones, you know, anything that'll fill up my time, take my time, please, you know, Instagram, whatever, like, and so to actually be willing to take on that freedom, it's a real practice. And I don't mean to make it sound hard or scary. It's only hard in the way that a new habit is hard.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And I'm still running for dear life or replacing those constructions with new ones, you know, anything that'll fill up my time, take my time, please, you know, Instagram, whatever, like, and so to actually be willing to take on that freedom, it's a real practice. And I don't mean to make it sound hard or scary. It's only hard in the way that a new habit is hard.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

And I'm still running for dear life or replacing those constructions with new ones, you know, anything that'll fill up my time, take my time, please, you know, Instagram, whatever, like, and so to actually be willing to take on that freedom, it's a real practice. And I don't mean to make it sound hard or scary. It's only hard in the way that a new habit is hard.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

I mean, I think I wasn't ever like, I'm not like a music head. So the thing that drew me to punk, especially as a teenager, was first of all, it was an all ages scene. Like the clubs, like I could go to them. They weren't, they didn't have alcohol. And not only that, but the whole premise was you don't have to be taught. Like you can figure it out yourself.

Fresh Air
Miranda July Wants Women To Read Their Inner Lives In 'All Fours'

I mean, I think I wasn't ever like, I'm not like a music head. So the thing that drew me to punk, especially as a teenager, was first of all, it was an all ages scene. Like the clubs, like I could go to them. They weren't, they didn't have alcohol. And not only that, but the whole premise was you don't have to be taught. Like you can figure it out yourself.