Analysis Of Andrew Solomon's TED Talk 'Love, No Matter What'

In the TED Talk “Love, No Matter What”, Andrew Solomon shows readers and listeners how identities that differ from the parents, which Solomon claims are “horizontal identities” can change from being looked at as illnesses into full-fledged identities through the power of love and acceptance. Solomon uses his own personal narratives, the stories of others he has interviewed and his extensive research on the topic of, “how much love there can be, even when everything appears to be going wrong” to show his audience acceptance and love in many different situations. Solomon also uses two outside sources in his Ted Talk both of which are magazine articles, Time magazine and The Atlantic Monthly, from the 60s to explain how far the United States has come in terms of …show more content…
This double-edged sword of progress forces Solomon to both demand and question the readers thoughts on cures, “We have to think about how we feel about cures altogether. And a lot of the time the question of parenthood is, what do we validate in our children, and what do we cure in them?”. Solomon wants an in-depth look on whether cures are the answer or if we try and cure them are their identities not being validated. Though with all the statements in the talk, which include ideas such as horizontal identities, disabilities, differences and acceptance it is easy for readers to just use those as Solomon’s main statement and central theme but that is far from the truth. In his TED Talk Solomon actually reaffirms his true main idea, “it was possible was possible then for anyone to love any child if they had the effective will to do so.” and the idea that there can be a multitude of love even when things appear to be going wrong, by using a combination of each previous idea and statement in order to reach this broader