Dearest C–

There’s a reason I’ve written about you, my graduate student model and gender hero. You fueled my Imaginary—with your brilliant beauty—subtle smile, strong body, bike over shoulder, and soft bearing in all your strength. (I was a feminist, trying to be a “woman.” Here was an image I could be down with.) You lent bent hope. You did then, you do now. You always will for me.

Villette forever,
Kathryn (Bond Stockton)