What “I Who Have Never Known Men” Taught Me About Curiosity, Womanhood, Power & Death

I just read I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman and I don’t even know where to begin…

This episode is not a “book review.” It’s a soul-spill. A reflection on what it cracked open in me about being a woman. About surviving in a world that doesn’t make sense. About living without mirrors, without answers, without a map, and still becoming.

I’m diving into the 5 core truths this story awakened in me:

✨Curiosity as a survival instinct

✨Femininity beyond performance

✨Authority as a spell we can break

✨Time measured in love & loss

✨Death as something sacred, not feared

If you’ve ever felt like your softness was your strength, or your questions were your compass… this one’s for you. Let your curiosity be holy. Let your ache to understand be enough. Let your becoming be art.

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