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A Tender Space · Aug 11, 2026

Are female friendships subversive?

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Subvert: to secretly or actively undermine, weaken, or overthrow an established system, authority, institution, or set of ideas from within.

Subvert: to secretly or actively undermine, weaken, or overthrow an established system, authority, institution, or set of ideas from within.

We talked about subversion in this week’s call for Whale Song, and afterwards, Krista and I had a conversation about whether or not female friendships are subversive. Do they help us “undermine, weaken, or overthrow” the patriarchy? Are they threatening to the patriarchy and that’s why they are often undermined?


Come spend some time with me and my friends in Europe in the Fall! I’m doing seven engagements in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Come make new friends in our Holding Space Foundation Program, starting in October.

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