“A girl learns who she is from the woman she sees loving her,” Ida says. “She learns what’s good and what’s lovely about herself, and the further apart she is from that woman, and the more different they are, the harder it is for her to know what to love about herself. Especially when everything around her tells her she’s not right.”

“A girl learns who she is from the woman she sees loving her,” Ida says. “She learns what’s good and what’s lovely about herself, and the further apart she is from that woman, and the more different they are, the harder it is for her to know what to love about herself. Especially when everything around her tells her she’s not right.”

— Jael Richardson