Rachel Clifton · Unedited · 25 September 2026

On sensitivity

I don’t think sensitivity should be connoted with weakness.

My whole life, I think I’ve subtly entwined the two.

For myself, to be clear.

I don’t want to do that.
I don’t want to be or bring less of myself to try to fit in with or get something from you.

I want to be myself, and for that to be enough.

More to the point: I want to be myself, and for that to be everything.

Because at some level, it’s all any of us have.