Beautiful Lies
Some kids dreamed about prom. I dreamed of escape.
Deep thoughts, shallow humor.
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Sad Woman, Happy Coffee
This is how you end up in a dumpster over a coffee maker.
Movies: Escape or Compass?
The paradox of cinema: we escape reality to better understand it.
The Easiest 50 Pounds I Ever Lost
I spent decades convinced I was "born to be fat". I wasn't.
I Know It's Fiction. Shut Up.
Marvel wants your attention again. The question is: does it still deserve it?
The Silence Was a Choice
Silence protects the wrong people.
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Dirty Work
"She got the worst of the abuse." When my husband finally said those words out loud, I felt both validated and furious. Mainly because I'd spent years denying what it really was.
Clean Break
They came with bags of clothes reeking of neglect and a belief that "home" meant holes in walls from fists and bullets—how do you compete with dysfunction when it's all a child has ever known?
Return to Center
After two and a half years, I have zero regets how this is ending. Meanwhile, the need for hypervigilance is finally ending, and I have no idea who I am without it.
Living the (Fever) Dream
Things are finally improving. I don't trust it.
The Writings on the Wall
People don't like it when you tell the truth about them.
GenX is Not Okay Right Now
We're not okay, but we're used to it.