Poem!

The ground squelches beneath, I

Accept all that I am

I allow myself to be large,

To take up space is to be, and I 

Do not contain, 

For there are too many ways to be, too many multitudes

Week 4

 I totally missed last weeks blog. I’ll probably make extra blogs in the future to make up for it. I really like The Yellow Wallpaper. I read it a few years ago when my aunt gifted me a copy. I think the commentary about mental health treatment, especially around women, is still relevant today. The narrator struggles with depression, and her doctor prescribes her rest in an ugly yellow room. I think it’s so interesting how she has no voice, and the terrible isolation she feels is making her condition worse. She develops psychosis, eventually believing there’s a woman inside the wallpaper begging to be let out. It’s a pretty clear symbol for the narrator. I think the yellow wallpaper is becoming increasingly relevant. I find it ironic that psychology is slowly becoming a woman dominated profession, since historically women have been oppressed by diagnoses like hysteria and treatments like lobotomies. 

I’m super excited for Valentine’s Day and the three day weekend

This week I’m grateful for legos and road trips.