{"id":1441,"date":"2025-09-29T21:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:38:42","slug":"risking-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/2025\/09\/29\/risking-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Risking Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a passage from\u00a0Loving in the War Years<\/em> page 24 by Moraga it reveals how love and intimacy are shaped by violence, displacement, and uncertainty. ” Loving in the war years calls for this kind of risking without a home to call our own” (p.24) These frames love as a dangerous act that is unstable and unprotected. The lack of home suggests literal displacement that could happen during a war and the absence of culture or social belonging especially for queer women of color.<\/p>\n

The repetition of “I’ve got to take you as you come” highlights Moraga consistently adapting to the partners state of being. The relationship is not fully secure. This can tie back into how in war and oppression constantly alters relationships.\u00a0 The reference to \u201cwhat deaths you saw today\u201d brings the violence closer, implying that each day carries loss or confrontation with mortality. Which can also take a toll on the relationship.<\/p>\n

I also notice the phrase \u201cbattle bruised.\u201d It makes the partner\u2019s pain feel physical, as if the war outside has left marks on their body and spirit. But even with all that, the Moraga ends with \u201crefusing our enemy, fear.\u201d To me, that\u2019s the most important part. It means that loving each other, even when it\u2019s risky and uncertain, is an act of resistance. Fear is the real enemy, and choosing love is how they fight back.<\/p>\n

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In a passage from\u00a0Loving in the War Years page 24 by Moraga it reveals how love and intimacy are shaped by violence, displacement, and uncertainty. ” Loving in the war years calls for this kind of risking without a home to call our own” (p.24) These frames love as a dangerous act that is unstable … Continue reading Risking Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5713,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5713"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions\/1443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}