A poem in the voice of Rosalita. Read More. It's my hips you look at It's my hair you look at It's my friends, my trends, my dance You look at I see a dead-eyed stare, I see eyes turn green, I see sidelong glances from the mirror My face in your pocket on your... Continue Reading →
Janis Ian, Anna Karenina, and Sadness
It cannot be said that Tolstoy understood women, yet his famous introduction to Anna Karenina can just as well be applied to women as families: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Are women not the head of the household? This is a complicated statement, but even in... Continue Reading →
Uncover Forgotten Gems in Classic Literature – For FREE!
A friendly guide to the depths of Project Gutenberg.
Tarot Meets Taylor Swift: Discover the Taylor Arcana
How I made the Taylor Swift tarot deck
Protected: Why aren’t people leaving America?
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Fan Letters: Lana del Rey
A history of my following of Lana del Rey.
When Visual Art Turns To Words
At a recent(ish)* visit to the Tate Modern, I was captivated by art with words. An image of Venice with paragraphs of text, a flashing light installation which ran ribbons of words to make pithy phrases - it's surprising in a gallery with such emphasis on form and impact to see words, associated with other... Continue Reading →
How a Growing TBR Can Enhance Your Reading Journey
After a touch of quick maths yesterday, I discovered that if I read on average four books a month (not an insignificant amount) for the rest of my projected life, I will have read about half of my TBR as logged on the website StoryGraph. This being a website, and a relatively new one in... Continue Reading →
Moodboard: Crafting A Vibe for Summer ’25
June, then, is a crossroads, where we decide what we'll embody in the next few months… so here are some tips for a more in-depth, considered summer metamorphosis.
#MayIRecommend: Explore This Month’s Top Book and Entertainment Picks
an internet 'month challenge' from the archive.
