Tag: thinkpiece
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Rejection, the sweetness therein.
I received another rejection today. I thought after 36 years I would be used to it by now, that it wouldn’t phase me as much as it used to, but it does. It hurts. It stings. Rejection tugs at the deepest wounds we carry, pulls at our lowest stories of worth. It’s not easy, and…
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Lessening and Loosening.
A time travel tale. (Please note: This was originally posted to substack on January 29, 2026, but I want it to live here too.) I recently read this amazing fucking essay by Doechii (read it here), and it got me thinking: If I could go back in time, when would I visit myself? Which version of…
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Rock-a-stack.
“Morality, if it is to remain or become morality, must be perpetually examined, cracked, changed, made new.” – James Baldwin “As Much Truth As One Can Bear,” New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962 I have been given a beautiful gift. It is a wonderful, amazing, nourishing, loving, and life changing gift. It is…