{"title":"MY RECENT EGO DEATH (Granny's ties)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world loves placing us into tiny, polarized boxes: good or bad, soft or tough, feminine or masculine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor five years, Granny Todu has lived somewhere between these extremes, working in corporate rooms full of deep, testosteroned voices and monochromatic ties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ve sat at tables where I was “sweethearted” and “honeyed” instead of heard, perceived, and respected as a professional. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI blamed it all on the ties, and secretly, I envied them. I’d watch those “serious” men hang onto their ties like a secret source of power — \u003cstrong\u003ea permission to take up space.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(123, 35, 35);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI wanted that permission too. And when I didn’t receive it, I crocheted my own.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by Lorde’s brilliant song “Man of the Year,” this collection represents an “ego death”: the deconstruction of the self in order to rebuild a truer identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese ties became a bridge I crocheted for myself — a way to walk freely between femininity and masculinity and \u003cstrong\u003eexplore all the gradations, tones, and versions of me existing in between.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ Read the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/grannytodu.com\/blogs\/grannys-diaries\/the-manifesto-of-my-ego-death\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003eManifesto of My Ego Death 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