So true--I love that even in speculative fiction like Severance--which I love--we are still made to wrestle with only inner and outer selves, public and private spheres which are artificial, victorian, and yet still governing our bodies, our work, our care. The many, many selves is something that we need to somehow make much more space for--or at least to recognize and stop trying to force people into yet another binary....
This is so, so good. I'm only 2 episodes into Severance (busy watching Better Things, the new season of Atlanta, My Brilliant Friend and Pachinko) and this is the commentary I was searching for on the internet at 4:30 am this morning when I finished the 2nd episode. I revel in my obscenely early quiet time, relishing the solitude and the escape into my tv worlds before heading out to commute, teach, exercise, pick up my kid, make dinner and do it again. Thank you for articulating -so clearly and beautifully- much of what I've been thinking about and feeling.
So true--I love that even in speculative fiction like Severance--which I love--we are still made to wrestle with only inner and outer selves, public and private spheres which are artificial, victorian, and yet still governing our bodies, our work, our care. The many, many selves is something that we need to somehow make much more space for--or at least to recognize and stop trying to force people into yet another binary....
This is so, so good. I'm only 2 episodes into Severance (busy watching Better Things, the new season of Atlanta, My Brilliant Friend and Pachinko) and this is the commentary I was searching for on the internet at 4:30 am this morning when I finished the 2nd episode. I revel in my obscenely early quiet time, relishing the solitude and the escape into my tv worlds before heading out to commute, teach, exercise, pick up my kid, make dinner and do it again. Thank you for articulating -so clearly and beautifully- much of what I've been thinking about and feeling.