2025: The Year I Fell in Love
I grew up as a stereotypical, "nerdy" child in the 90s - I would finish my homework and pack my bag on Friday evenings, look forward to visits to the library, and prefer spending time indoors pouring over books than sweating and playing a sport. P.T. classes during school were great to spend time with friends and we were always looking for excuses to skip any physical activity (On your period? Caught a cold? Great. No need to play). Was some part of it also due to the gendered nature of sports clothes and how they could sometimes be exclusionary for girls with more conservative dressing styles? Probably, since that is what I felt when I was on the throw ball team during high school and was extremely cautious about what I had to wear while playing. Dance was the one thing I always enjoyed - locking my bedroom door to play fast numbers and dance along to them was the one form of "exercise" I indulged in, though not periodically. So when I started reading up more and m...