“Self-Care”

A parody in the narrative style of Sex and The City, from the series “And I couldn’t help but wonder… A Carrie Bradshaw take on the real world”  I came home that night from the opening of the West Village’s newest underground club, feeling light from the lifted weight of my wallet after four cosmopolitans and

Trust Your Gut?

Does anybody else remember that absolute fever dream of an era when kids would just say YOLO and then do the dumbest shit they could think of? I honestly think that the “YOLO” era might just be one of the biggest contributors to my lack of a gut instinct. Admittedly, there are a lot of

Social Media and Me, and Me, and Me.

I am not the biggest fan of the depersonalization that I go through as a byproduct of my anxiety. I often feel like I’m watching my life play out in front of me as if I’m not an active participant in it. I can become so distinctly separate from my own life that the idea

Self Defense, Slow Dancing, and Junior High

A Civilized Discussion of Irony Isn’t it ironic how Junior High physical education courses taught us such inconsistent lessons about autonomy over the physical self? Their lessons taught us how to defend our bodies against unwanted contact. Self defense class. They taught us how to protect ourselves, and how to use physical power to emit

Things That I am Convinced of: Part 2

The fastest thing on Earth is my dog immediately after I ask what is in his mouth.  Cold brew coffee should probably be renamed “cool beans”.  It is a miracle that I actually turned out okay after enduring the era in which the dominant social media platform made us publicly rank our “top 8” friends. 

A Brief Poem To Encapsulate The Chaos of Quarantine

Feet are cold  Brain is numb  Convinced I’m worse  Than everyone  I think I need to go for a walk. Overwhelmed  By everything  Mental health  Held by a string  Mom said if I want we can talk. I need fresh air  This room is stale  The chips are stale  This rhyme is stale  Dog has

It’s Okay To Be Shy

I don’t think that shyness is as simple as just not saying a lot of things, but rather, I think that it’s a correlation of the fluctuation of one’s ability to say the things that they actually want to say. I know it’s confusing, but give it some time. Maybe shyness is more accurately associated

Let’s Talk About Sex With Math

I am a heterosexual cisgendered female, which probably explains why I am constantly disappointed, but regardless, I am a woman who is attracted to men. That being said, I think that most of us can all agree that one of the most beautiful things on this earth is curve of a woman’s back when she

“Cup Runneth Over”

From the series titled Angsty Breakup Poems, part 1 I want you with me all the time  But darling, please don’t whine   I adore your sweet little face  But keep it in its place   I need you close to me  While I run fast and free   Of course it is your job

Things That I am Convinced of

People who eat pizza crusts only do it so that there is no evidence of how much pizza they have actually consumed.  Students talk about homework the same way I talk about dieting, they will literally do anything except put in the minimum amount of time and effort.  This world doesn’t need a small amount