Freedom Quote by Torrey Peters

“For me, a trans writer, Knausgaard taught me about writing shame as liberation from it - a literary version of the kind of emotional breakthrough one normally experiences in therapy.” quote by Torrey Peters — Download Open image

“For me, a trans writer, Knausgaard taught me about writing shame as liberation from it - a literary version of the kind of emotional breakthrough one normally experiences in therapy.”

Torrey Peters

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