The Queer Take: Move aside Marie Kondo; the objects in my life serve as milestones along a wayward path
5 years, 6 months ago

The Queer Take: Move aside Marie Kondo; the objects in my life serve as milestones along a wayward path

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The objects that populate my house have become like milestones to trace the wayward path of my life so far. In all my queer friends’ houses, you can lift up any object and they will be able to tell you the story behind it. I can’t seem to remember all the little ingenious ways she used broken things to fix other things, or make them work better. She’s got bits of her three children’s first haircuts, some of their childhood clothes, she’s got their notebooks with their first attempts at writing the alphabet and even their baby plates and tiffin-carriers etched with their names. They’ve become like milestones to trace the wayward path of my life so far.

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