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Nov 12, 20244 min read
Are We All Cosplayers Now? On the Evolving Role of Costume in Our Everyday Lives
I’m not sure what came first. My mom must’ve put the idea into my head. That is, the idea of watching a movie dressed up as one of the...
Sep 4, 20242 min read
Summer 2024 Favorites
Looking Good (Fashion) This summer, my outfits landed somewhere between Carrie Bradshaw and Fran Fine with super mismatched separates...
Aug 19, 20235 min read
Everybody Wants to be a Cat (Person)
Lately, the world is looking a lot more like “Neko Atsume: Cat Collector.” Remember, the 8-bit iPhone game popular in 2016 where you...
Aug 15, 20236 min read
Tramps Like Us: Confronting Jersey Stereotypes and Beyond
Alright, I’ll admit it: I was born and raised in New Jersey. I never thought about where I was from until I left, for college in what we...
Jul 22, 20233 min read
Goo-Goo Gaga Guggenheim
The last time I went to the Guggenheim was also the first; admittedly I only held off so long because the $25 admission always felt like...
Jul 2, 20232 min read
Get to Know the "Girl Dinner"
I first learned the term “Girl Dinner” from Tiktok but it was a concept I knew in my bones. I am, after all, a girl (or a woman,...
Jun 19, 20233 min read
"Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" Review
Braving the crowds on opening weekend, I ventured to the Met for “Karl Lagerfeld: Line of Beauty” with my best fashion friend. The...
Nov 3, 20224 min read
Painting the World Redhead
About five years ago, right before my senior year of college, I decided to take the plunge and dye my hair red. I’ve been intrigued by...
Nov 1, 20224 min read
Monthly Favorites: October 2022
Heyyyy guys :-) I would apologize for the lack of favorites lists from July, August, and September but we all know the only person I hurt...
Oct 27, 202211 min read
Who Is A New Yorker?
The interrogative title is not just for the sake of cheeky, high-brow rhetoric. I really mean it.
Oct 21, 20222 min read
31 Things Men Do That I Actually Like
Look clean and smell clean. This includes several sub-items: Be crust-free. Have well-groomed hands and feet--no jagged nails! Wear...
Oct 14, 20225 min read
The Hollywood Reboot Machine has claimed its next victim: my beloved Barbarella.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, I opened my eyes and then opened Instagram to find a post by @diet_prada with a side-by-side photo...
Sep 8, 20223 min read
What Each App Means to Me
My friend and I recently got into a playful argument over what social media apps were the most toxic and should be, in our words, banned....
Jul 6, 20224 min read
Monthly Favorites: June 2022
June really did bust out all over, huh? After privately whining that I missed the robust social life of my pre-Covid years, I got what I...
Jun 13, 20225 min read
Monthly Favorites: May 2022
Monthly Favorites Ok, I know today is what some might call “the thirteenth day of June” but I am bravely moving forward with releasing a...
Apr 18, 202215 min read
There's a Sex-Negative Moon on the Rise
For years now, my best friend (male, gay) and I (female, bi) have been calling ourselves “sex-negative.” We’re mostly kidding, one of...
Apr 11, 20222 min read
100 Ways to Know If You’re the Main Character
I don’t make the rules…except in this case when I did! #maincharacterenergy You live in a small town where you don’t fit in You’ve...
Apr 5, 202210 min read
A Batman To Walk Among Us
Exploring the themes of mistrust, anonymity, and terrorism in Matt Reeves' The Batman (2022) *SPOILERS AHEAD* When this film was...
Dec 28, 20218 min read
Suddenly Susan
On January 31, 2021 I began a journal entry: I called Mom on my way out to tell her my stray cat Susan let me pet her for a long time....
Dec 14, 20217 min read
Swiftly Born Again
Once upon a time, I was a Swiftie. The year was 2007, when my friend asked me if I had ever heard of a girl named Taylor Swift. I was a...
May 1, 20219 min read
The Content of Contentment: A Year in Review
I turned 25 on March 18, which means a lot of things. For starters, I’ve celebrated two birthdays in the pandemic. It also means this...
Apr 2, 20216 min read
To The Pyramid Club
Last night, my friend Catie sent me a link to a Gothamist article with the headline "East Village Drag & Punk Club Closes Due to...
Nov 13, 20206 min read
Love Letter Emoji
Winner of the Broke But Moisturized Inaugural Essay Contest Do you ever think about me? Does anything we shared linger with you? Do you...
Aug 4, 20208 min read
How To Preserve Your Mind: A Meditation on Peanut Butter
Written in April 2020, in the thick of quarantine. Here’s a message in a bottle from inside my quarantine, where I’m accompanied by the...
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