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...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 11 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 15 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 10 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 9 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 8 min
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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