Just got ghosted on Hinge: It doesn’t matter, the life is ruined already.
Overheard through Telegram
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Reuse, Recycle, Recover
Maybe he would drop the umbrella, walk away with long strides, and not even glance back at the girl with the ladybug canvas at her feet.
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Rebecca Julia Sobel Solomon
The flexibility of the name signifies the countless times I, too, have bent, becoming an altered version of myself that only barely resembled the original.
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The Nass Reviews Flaked
This show is like the less-funny, homosocial version of Love except there’s still chicks in it and dudes who are bad at talking to them.
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Soap Poem
found an old bar of yr soap in the bathroom closet more like i found it in the store (amazon) n bought it n brought it home n bathed myself w it n had a v v emotional time ie i masturbated using a bar of yr old soap holdin it under the faucet until…
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Rothko
i remember the anguish of space— standing half a step too close to you under the copper light of streetlamps, with every word and gesture, feeling surprised by how my hands would strain against their own skin to touch yours in those moments, i understood what rothko wanted to paint— “the big emotions”…
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My Mother’s Ring
Wasn’t the diamond an engagement diamond? Why was she wearing her engagement ring on the wrong finger?
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Dining Hall Work
This struggle to connect is one reason why students can feel disconnected from their university jobs and exclude them from their campus identities, preferring to invest their personal and social lives in the voluntary activities that better represent their interests.
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Two Voices in the Night
And as the yelling continued, it became clear to me that we had done nothing — nothing, that is, except for being female and alone on a Saturday night.
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Nominal Inheritance
I hate the thought of someday passing down the name Mahoney to my kids, and explaining to them that their name deprives them of a history.
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Tanar, Tamar
Tamar also happens to be a character in the Bible known for being a prostitute — undoubtedly a solid legacy I have inherited.