https://alamrafiul.com/tags/misfits/ Recent content in Misfits on Rafiul Alam https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/outcasts-misfits-belonging-nowhere/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/outcasts-misfits-belonging-nowhere/ <p>Linus lives in a tent. The town mostly ignores him, some pity him, a few are cruel to him.</p> <p>When you befriend him and offer him a place to stay-a warm house, stability, acceptance-he says no.</p> <p><strong>Because living in the tent is his choice.</strong></p> <p>And in that moment, the narrative does something radical: <strong>it respects his decision</strong>.</p> <p>This is the art of writing outcasts and misfits: understanding the difference between voluntary and involuntary isolation, honoring autonomy, and recognizing that &ldquo;fixing&rdquo; someone can be another form of erasure.</p>