"We yearn for a partner in whose eyes we can look and feel an overwhelming loving stability, we yearn to hear the rippling laugh of a toddler and we yearn for things as simple as sunny days and solitude."
This is so lovely to read. That James Joyce letter extract is going to stay with me. I think the longstanding female equivalent to incel is spinster, maybe? Or cat lady?
"We yearn for a partner in whose eyes we can look and feel an overwhelming loving stability, we yearn to hear the rippling laugh of a toddler and we yearn for things as simple as sunny days and solitude."
Piercing words, Ed.
Loved this piece 😊
This is so lovely to read. That James Joyce letter extract is going to stay with me. I think the longstanding female equivalent to incel is spinster, maybe? Or cat lady?
Thanks for this- you write beautifully.
Thanks Lauren, that Joyce quote has haunted me (in the most beautiful way possible) for years.
Absolutely gorgeous! Yearning is not a feeling I would have associated with men very quickly. I think more women need to read this!
Thanks Monica! I think the softer side of masculinity needs to be brought into the light a bit more :)
Amen!!