The Multitasking Millenial
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America the Cruel
Friends, I am spiraling. This weekend, I wrote 75% of a very bougie, somewhat self-congratulatory (look at me, I can see the man behind the curtain!) post about market manipulation and insider trading. Today, I was going to finish and post that, ready to bask in my safe outrage about irrational candlestick charts and market…
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The Billionaires are Playing Games with Society … and I’m Sorry, but We’re the NPCs
What a year … oops, I mean week. Momentous events are pelting at us at maximum warp. I thought we’d reached a peak in 2024, but oh, no; in the past week, acceleration has gone parabolic. Off the charts. Absolutely fucking asymptotic. As an ADHD queen, I’ve started a plethora of blog posts to spill…
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There is No Such Thing as Bad Weather
I woke up the other morning to rain. The sky was blank pewter, and the skeleton fingers of bare trees reached toward it like weary supplicants. If you’re into weather-related complaints, you could say these days set the definition of dreary. This year, I’ve decided I’m not — into weather-related complaints, that is. I can…
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Ok … wow. Let’s talk about that election.
On Tuesday, November 5th, we were supposed to make history. And we did, though not in the way many of us had hope. Instead of electing the first woman to the office of President of the United States, we elected the first convicted felon. And not just by a technicality of the electoral college. It…
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Stuck Season
October is a sticky month for me, and not because of its glut of Halloween candy. There’s something about the transition out of summer and into fall that puts me into tension — a push of creative inspiration pitted against the opposite pull of mental exhaustion. When these two forces get into full swing, I…
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My Creative Writing Degree Drove Me Away from the Craft. 10 Years Later, A Glimmer of Recovery
As a teenager, I knew I was going to be a writer. I had it all figured out, and to kickstart this process, I was definitely going to college for creative writing. The college part happened, at least. But like a wish granted by a monkey’s paw, it wasn’t what I expected. My advice to…
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Who Died and Made You the Legitimacy Police? (A Critique of Diagnostic Gatekeeping)
The other day, I was bumbling around on YouTube and found a (then very recent) video from the I’m Autistic, Now What? channel titled “You’re Not Autistic, You’re Just Privileged.” It was, essentially, a response to two TikToks that were critical of self-diagnosing or people using social media to explore the possibility they might be…
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For New Year’s 2024, I’m Giving Up. And It’s a Good Thing.
I’m trying something new for 2024: giving up. I won’t be making traditional goals this year. Not because I’m defeated, but rather because I’m seeking freedom. For me, 2024 is going to be the year of the anti-resolution, and I’m here for it. I like goals. Writing them out feels good. Planning out how to…
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Goblin Mode Gastronomy: The Humble Salad Kit
Welcome to Goblin Mode Gastronomy, a series in which I navigate two opposing forces: healthy eating (to placate my autoimmune disorders) and executive dysfunction.
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Hashimoto Who? (or, How My Thyroid Sent Me to the ER During COVID)
At 2 a.m. on the Saturday a week before Christmas in 2020, I woke in a cold sweat. I was dizzy, shaking, and confused, and my heart pounded like I was in the middle of a workout. Minutes passed, with my distress continuing to rise. This was no nightmare; something was wrong. Whatever was happening,…
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