My NameMy name feels like a well-kept secret that I’m almost ready to share. I held it close at first, clenched it in my fist. I only loosened the…May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
To Be Loved, To Be ChangedI saw a post on the internet. Pictures of well-loved stuffed animals discolored and ragged from the hands of their keepers. The caption…Sep 6, 2023Sep 6, 2023
Everything Hurts and I Feel StupidI’ve started writing two different essays today but have stopped at around the hundred-word mark with both. This wasn’t because the essays…Sep 5, 2023Sep 5, 2023
I Want to Write Something LightI want to write something light. I want to feel light. I always write of death or of pain.Sep 4, 2023Sep 4, 2023
Disordered Eating and Reflections on RemissionAbout two months ago, a realization hit me while I was standing in the kitchen at my old house eating cantaloupe from a Tupperware…Sep 2, 2023A response icon1Sep 2, 2023A response icon1
Midwestern Princess and Queer Pop SensationChappell Roan is a curly-haired, small-town girl from Missouri. Her performances are said to emulate Madonna and her song writing talents…Sep 1, 2023Sep 1, 2023
Saved by Jesus & a Kidney DonorWhen I was a teenager, my dad was diagnosed with kidney failure. The doctors never quite figured out why it happened. Mom suspects it was…Aug 31, 2023A response icon1Aug 31, 2023A response icon1
Red Letters and A Man UndoneI passed the cemetery entirely by accident. I’d taken a wrong turn and was fumbling with my phone, trying to find signal and the correct…Aug 30, 2023Aug 30, 2023
People Whose Voices Echo Your SoulIn 80’s attire, listening to my fiancée absolutely butcher a Cyndy Lauper anthem, driving down Route 11 to a birthday party, expensive…Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023
