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The Ugliness at the Heart of Wuthering Heights
I first encountered Wuthering Heights when I was young enough to believe that love stories were supposed to feel safe.
Feb 15
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Movies to Fall in Love With This Valentine’s Day
There’s something about Valentine’s Day that makes the world feel a little softer.
Feb 11
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Film Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
I’ll admit it—I went into 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple with a mix of excitement and nerves.
Jan 18
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The Bedroom Where I Learned How to Be Myself
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Doomscrolling Is a Form of Self-Harm
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remains
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part IV: this isn’t a healing poem
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How Substack Became My Diary When Instagram Became Too Loud
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chrysalis
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Golden: A Victory for the Voices That Were Almost Silenced
Last night didn’t feel loud.
Jan 12
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the room, the body, and the voice: reading the yellow wallpaper as a trans woman
charlotte perkins gilman’s the yellow wallpaper is a monumental feminist story, and an important one at that.
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still broke, still desiring, still here
january 1st, 11:02 pm
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a name spoken correctly
a poem
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There are two kinds of “I’m fine.”
The first is light and harmless — the one you toss out without thinking when a stranger asks how you’re doing, when the cashier scans your last item and…
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women don’t wake up hating their bodies. we’re taught to.
no one arrives here already fluent in disgust.
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Dear the one I almost became...
A letter from a trans girl learning to love herself while loving someone who couldn’t stay
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trans writer chasing the moments that cut and linger—through words, film, and quiet wonder.
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