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No Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known!
Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by self-compassion. And also for you all, specifically almost all of you that I have not yet texted back: Prose of the Week The funny thing about making new friends is that you get a whole new opportunity to tell old stories, and sometimes it’s weird to feel happy…
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Be The Kirby Car You Wish To See In The World
But also: Fuck off Gandhi and possibly kawaii. But not Kirby, my child. Hello all, Two newsletters within a month in 2022?? It’s more likely than you think. Today’s newsletter is sponsored by momentary-and-hopefully-continuing consistency. Note of the Week Gonna be honest, there was no writing I was particularly excited to post about this week.…
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Amor A La Morena
Translation: Love The Brown Girl Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by an attempt at consistency. Prose and Poetry of the Week Blackbird Wine, Blackberry Kiss In an attempt (I know, lots of attempts today. It’s all we can ever do.) to be more honest and upfront about my writing, this is an imagined scenario…
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Xismosa vs. Xit
Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by my heroic effort to resist inertia. Looking specifically at closing shift for fucking up my sleep schedule. Prose and Poetry of the Week Creation I wrote this during my junior year of college, thus references to syllabi and such. I still feel the same way about writing, and…
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I’m Back like Lemonade Memes After Lemonade Finally Dropped On Spotify
Listen, I know it’s a niche title, but we couldn’t all pay for Tidal and therefore we had to wait three years after our free trial(s) of Tidal were up to fully enjoy Lemonade again. Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by a cutie telling me she daydreams about receiving this, and realizing that the…
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Snakes in a Poem
Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by finding time between sleepiness from working against my circadian rhythm and the need to not have a full month between updates. **TW: sexual assault mention at the double astricks** Poetry of the Week To Be A Doll This came out of me, not sure how, but I’m proud…
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Bisexuals Against Cowardice
Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by the need to write despite and yet because of anxiety. First Piece A Gem, a Witch, and an 8 Foot Tall Lesbian I essentially wrote a first draft for this – Non-Chronological Queer Looking for a Decolonized House – about my theory that queer people live non-chrological lives…
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Búhos and Blues
Translation: Owls and Blues Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by trying to get better. Hope you’re all making it through ❤ 1st Piece Plummeting Into Carnations A year ago, I signed up for a writing website for the first time to be able to submit a piece to a challenge. Previously, I’ve shared my…
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New Year, Same Xit
Hello all, Happy New Year/Hopefully The Actual End of 2020! And yet… Today’s newsletter is sponsored by new people reading, getting to see new and old friends, and cautiously going back to coffee shops. Prose and Poetry of the Week The Paradoxical Principles of Minimalism When I feel my life getting out of control, which…
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You Are Not Hard To Love
Hello all, Today’s newsletter is sponsored by making new friends in a continuing pandemic! I hope you are all healthy and safe! Prose of the Week Suave YourSelf I have pumped myself up this past week with a few of these songs. I wrote this for an Anti-Valentine’s Day playlist challenge, and I focused on…