A Letter to My Daughter, Already More Confident Than I Ever Was

When I was a boy your age, I’m not sure if I could have expressed so easily my right to defend my body from harm

David Chariandy
Human Parts
Published in
7 min readFeb 25, 2019

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OOnce, when you were 3 years old, we made a trip out for lunch. We bussed west in Vancouver to one of those grocery store buffets serving the type of food my own parents…

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David Chariandy
Human Parts

Author of Soucouyant, Brother, and I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to my Daughter