Beautiful close reading of ALL OF US STRANGERS by @rwstinner.bsky.social: "If it is collectively agreed upon that 'things are better,' it can be hard to pin down what is still painful, what has not been resolved."

Queer People Still Struggle To Find Support, Meaning, and Connection - Electric Literature

Under the haunted surface of "All Of Us Strangers" lies the paradox of shared pain from shame and isolation

Wow, this is fantastic. Watching AoUS, I kept thinking about how, when a child is culturally different from their parents (Andrew Solomon calls it “lateral identity”), they inherit elements of that culture not only left unexplicated, but includes collective trauma often *reinforced* by parents.

Thank you so much, Richard!