Childishness As Resistance
Rediscovering, redefining and reclaiming play.
They have a ‘child-like’ playfulness. I’ve heard this said about people, sometimes people have said it about me. It is said as a compliment, usually, although it can be used to patronise and put down. That’s when ‘child-like’ becomes ‘childish’. A few letters between being perceived as adorable or pathetic.
Why have we been raised to believe that play b…