Remember Personal Ads in the Newspaper?

From long before Tinder, and even before “A/S/L?”

Taralei Griffin
Jul 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Well… here goes nothing.

Woman, 26, currently living in Clarksville, TN, seeks a human companion for potentially romantic pursuits.

Employed by an indie publishing company as their social media director, and also working as a driver for Uber and Lyft, this young woman is hella busy. When she is not working, she can be found hanging out with Layla (her dog), reading, hiking, biking, or boxing. Music heavily influences her life, especially as it is what led her to becoming a journalist. She is a huge nerd — Ray Bradbury is her favorite author, the Hulk is her favorite superhero, and her favorite fandoms include Harry Potter, Star Wars, ASOIAF/Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, the Whedonverse (from which stems one of her unpopular opinions — Dollhouse is Joss Whedon’s best work!!!), and democracy/equal rights for all.

Despite being an Italian/Native American female from the Midwest instead of a Jewish male from Brooklyn, she has often been compared to Senator Bernie Sanders, for her quiet, observant demeanor which is more and more frequently broken by a fierce passion for human rights, democracy, and equality… as well as her mostly untamable curly hair.

If this piques your interest, know that to qualify you must be an adult human whose political beliefs are similar; who is non-religious or not determined to convert the people around you to your religion; who is employed; who understands and respects that if you have not seen the Harry Potter movies or Joss Whedon’s work, you will be made to sit for a marathon at some point; who is okay with living most of your life without cats & bell peppers (her only allergies); and who isn’t put off by a growing activist’s arrest record.

Most important of all?

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my dog.

For more pictures of my adorable dog & I, follow me on Instagram!

Taralei Griffin

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Storyteller. Hufflepuff. Valkyrie of Hope. Traveling Woman. Author of THE GREAT MEANDER - coming January 1st, 2020!

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