Why Nature Itself Is Queer: How Born from Stardust and Second Nature Speak the Same Truth
- Nick Fell
- Oct 18
- 1 min read
When I saw the trailer for Elliot Page’s new documentary Second Nature, I felt a jolt of recognition — the kind that makes you say, “Yes. This is what I’ve been trying to say all along.”
For years, I’ve believed what Page’s film so beautifully suggests: that nature itself celebrates diversity. That queerness isn’t something outside the natural world, it’s woven through it. You can find it in the clownfish who change sex, the fungi that share resources across vast underground networks, and the stardust that created every one of us.
My own project, Born from Stardust, was born from this same truth. It’s a children’s book, part poem, part science, part love letter to nature, that shows how every being, from star to snail, is part of the same shimmering spectrum of life.
Both Second Nature and Born from Stardust remind us: diversity isn’t deviation. It’s design.
Elliot Page’s voice and story bring this message to adults and the wider world; Born from Stardust brings it to children, helping them see early on that they, too, belong in this beautiful, complex ecosystem.
If you’ve watched Second Nature — or even just the trailer — and felt that spark, that deep
sense of recognition, I invite you to explore Born from Stardust. It’s a way to pass that same message to the next generation: that love, identity, and expression all have roots in the natural world.
🌈 Because nature doesn’t just allow diversity — it depends on it.
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