I wrote about feeling like I've failed some crucial test of Being A Woman, how it is to live despite that, & the summertime life of the Blob Girl businessinsider.com/get-ready-for-…
"Having survived through a plague I want to live every inch of my survival, the world my oyster and I its irritant little pearl, the gem at the lip of the mantle. Instead I'm the oyster, all slime in the throat, eating grit." businessinsider.com/get-ready-for-…
with many thanks to @edithhonan for shepherding this unplaceable piece into unlikely print!!
some notes!!
-the labor of performing femininity is immensely valuable and i respect it deeply!!
-you can be totally sexy and not a Hot Girl ie skilled & practiced at said labor
-if this doesnt resonate for you its a personal essay i was just workin out some feelings!
also this was the illustration @timfitzphoto made for me its botticelli x munch lol
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im out? at a bar? drinking with a friend? what Is this Feeling (tipsiness)
someday ill do a thread of ultra specific russian verbs and adjectives for drinking like пропить (to sell something in order to buy alcohol) and недопить (to drink but not enough to satisfy one's thirst)
it turns out if you drunkenly slip the bartender $20 because you feel bad she has to deal with nonsense from people she just gives you? free drinks?
where are all my agoraphobes at (jk youre at home), how are we adjusting to the potential of having to go outside again
im personally looking forward to being confronted with terror, weakness and shame every second of every day 🤗
i lost so much hard earned progress this year getting it back is gonna take s o m u c h t i m e& the happy hour and brunch invites are back & "sorry i am too Insane" is a rough thing to explain over & over (and feel! and try to overcome & fail til u don't! if u ever don't!)