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On Traveling With A Purpose

And finally having my Michaela Coel year

Jul 25 •

June 2025

On Writing About Queer Friendship

"We were just moving our bodies for the joy of it, breathing fresh air, and being in community with one another."

Jun 25 •

It's June, And I'm Still Asian American

Everything I read during AAPI Heritage Month

Jun 13 •

May 2025

How Fangirls Created the Internet As We Know It

Book Club #4: Everything I Need I Get From You

May 13 •

March 2025

"Life, Revolution, Love" Was The Original "Live, Laugh, Love"

Book Club #3: The Trinity of Fundamentals

Mar 7 •

February 2025

Companion Read: Ambition Monster & The Myth of Making It

The new wave of Anti-Girlboss memoirs by former certified Girlbosses™ themselves

Feb 21 •

How To Determine Real Pain

and acknowledge it appropriately

Feb 14 •

January 2025

The Monsters Hiding on our Bookshelves

On Neil Gaiman and separating the Art from the Artist

Jan 31 •

The Reality TV Multiverse (Pt 2)

A book club update + everything I'm streaming on Netflix

Jan 24 •

The Reality TV Multiverse (Pt 1)

A roundup of all the shows I have on my watchlist this season

Jan 17 •

The Horror of Aging

Beauty culture 🤝 Body horror

Jan 10 •

(Happy) New Year

A quick life update.

Jan 3 •

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