#will dickson

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Dumplin’ (2018) + “ten honest thoughts” by Mac Wilder (after Rachel Wiley’s “ten honest thoughts on being loved by a skinny boy”) (3/6)

[ID: 1: Bo’s hands on Will’s back while they kiss. Text reads: at 14, the first in a long line of skinny boys puts her arm around me so far that her palm lays beneath my belly button.

2: Will in her room after the kiss, touching her mouth in shock and awe. Text reads: and the axis of the earth shifts in size.

3: Will touching her back where Bo touched her. Text reads: last night, I wanted to ask about the first time someone treated him as though he wasn’t untouchable. end ID.]

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Dumplin’ (2018) + “ten honest thoughts” by Mac Wilder (after Rachel Wiley’s “ten honest thoughts on being loved by a skinny boy”) (1/6)

[ID: 1: Will looking at Bo in tears after asking him why he likes her. Text reads: still, I understand the impulse to Nancy Drew after his motive like there’s a cypher somewhere beneath each of his compliments.

2: Will as a child, standing in the doorway holding a pink box of doughnuts, looking hurt after receiving a fatphobic comment. Text reads: though even as a child, I knew I could never fit into her hiding spots. end ID]

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Dumplin’ (2018) + “ten honest thoughts” by Mac Wilder (after Rachel Wiley’s “ten honest thoughts on being loved by a skinny boy”) (4/6)

[ID: 1: Will and Ellen sitting together on the couch backstage, Ellen’s legs in Will’s lap. Text reads: her masc day is long hair, satin scarf, earrings the size of the best strawberry in the carton.

2: Will giving Callie a forced smile as Ellen explains that they work at Sweet 16 together. Text reads: none of the clothes I browse to buy her are made much larger than the width of his narrow ribs. End ID.]

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Will Dickson

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Will Dickson