‘you must never apologize for having emotions’

We’ve been watch­ing the new sea­son of Great British Bake Off.

I wasn’t so sure about Nigel­la Law­son re­plac­ing Prue Lei­th but she’s wonderful. 

This in­cludes how she eats – takes LARGE bites – and it made me laugh, but in a good way. Like, she’s this in­cred­i­bly classy, el­e­gant, well spo­ken woman and when she eats she gets ex­cit­ed and chows down. Doesn’t give a fuck. Ob­vi­ous­ly loves eat­ing. I think it’s fantastic. 

She’s also very kind and en­cour­ag­ing to the con­tes­tants and when she doesn’t have any­thing pos­i­tive to say about their bakes she’s still very gen­tle and sup­port­ive in their ef­forts. She also doesn’t put up with Paul, which I love. She’s tru­ly as beau­ti­ful on the in­side as she is on the outside. 

One thing she said to a con­tes­tant a cou­ple episodes in is — 

“You must nev­er apol­o­gize for hav­ing emo­tions.”

They’d been cry­ing be­cause they’re Ja­maican and their bake was ded­i­cat­ed to Ja­maica and the loss from the hur­ri­cane in 2025 and kept say­ing sor­ry for crying.

I’ve cried a lot this year for all sorts of rea­sons and when she said that it re­al­ly stuck with me. Amer­i­can so­ci­ety is re­al­ly not that en­cour­ag­ing of any­thing oth­er than stiff up­per lipped de­ter­mi­na­tion and tox­ic positivity. 

“You must nev­er apol­o­gize for hav­ing emo­tions.”

That’s one I’m go­ing to al­ways car­ry with me from now on.

 

—emi­ly duchaine

Flom­mist Emi­ly Duchaine lives in the Pa­cif­ic North­west. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and lis­ten to the Talk­ing Heads. She pre­tends to be a pro­fes­sion­al busi­ness­woman most days. Copy­right © 2026 Emi­ly Duchaine.

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