• a list of things I am worried about – child of the internet edition

    I am concerned that I am boring. That every single aspect of my personality is just something I saw on the internet one time. Maybe I am too online to ever be really authentic. I am worried that I internalized 2012 tumblr too much and gave myself irreversible brain damage. I am afraid that I…

  • Listening to Olivia Rodrigo as a 25 year old

    I really fought the Olivia Rodrigo craze because I have a complex about being unique and contrary and quite frankly, I re-read all the Percy Jackson books during quarantine so I don’t need another path to regressing back to my teen years. I finally decided to give it a real shot. And I’ve heard the…

  • 24 things I learned being 24

    You should trust yourself when you feel like a friendship is toxic/performative/one-sided. It’s better to be alone than in a disingenuous relationship that makes you feel like you can’t be yourself. If a bartender tells you that one of their regulars is a bad dude, you should believe him. Dirty martinis are amazing and oysters…

  • Circe

    No man is an island, but some women are. Turning men into pigs is not an act of transformation but one of revelation.

  • Why Enemies to Lovers is the Best Trope

    If you’ve read young adult novels or fanfiction or really any kind of fantasy you’re familiar with the enemies to lovers trope. For those of you who are unfamiliar, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Two main characters who are at odds in some way, they may be on opposite sides of a struggle (i.e.…

  • Do I even need to say it?

    I don’t want to make a post about this year but before anything this blog serves as posterity. It’s a constantly evolving letter to my future self so I can remember who I used to be and where I was. I’m looking at pictures from last new year’s eve and I feel overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by…

  • what does it mean to be a woman?

    I think we can all agree that gender is just a social construct. How you do your hair, the clothes you wear, what’s between your legs is irrelevant when it comes to identifying as a gender. Being a woman or being a man can be whatever you want to be! But if being a woman…

  • This is a poem about hating Snapchat

    I’m tired of people that leave a bad taste in my mouth and intimacy that goes out like a light. I’m tired of performing a character who is a corner I have backed myself into. She is the role I have been training for all my life. I am impossible to look directly at and see…

  • Maybe spinsters are just tired of the haters

    I realized that with turning 24,  I have officially entered my mid 20s. And with that comes an influx of my peers who are falling in love, getting married, and getting pregnant (on purpose). Honestly? I don’t really have any fears about being “behind” or never finding someone. I do fear over-prioritizing the search. Whenever…

  • 23 Things I’ve learned being 23

    After years of begging my parents for a dog and more years of identifying as a cat person it turns out I’m not a pet person! I like animals just fine – I just don’t want to responsible for them permanently. Also: I firmly believe that it is incredibly unsanitary to sleep with an animal…