bethanytoewsUnsinkableI once went on a date with Ryan Gosling. He looked deeply into my eyes a lot and opened doors for me and told me I had nice legs, not once…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
bethanytoewsI am telling you this because I wish someone would have told me36 days, and I am still bleeding. I have never had such an intimate relationship with my own blood. its various forms, colors, volumes…Nov 18, 2016Nov 18, 2016
bethanytoewssometimes I make myself laugh aloneI am full of all the words I haven’t written yet. I feel them. they dance in my dreams, they wake me up at night. I know it is through…Apr 6, 2016Apr 6, 2016
bethanytoewssaying things we’re not supposed to sayI am writing at a posh organic cafe in London. outside it is raining. everyone is walking in twos and threes, holding umbrellas for each…Mar 27, 2016Mar 27, 2016
bethanytoewsunlearning lessons we were taught as little girlsThe first time I traveled alone, I went to China. I was 20-years old. I had wanted to go with my boyfriend, my first love, my moon, my…Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016
bethanytoewsthe oceanof all the job descriptions for a writer, of any artist really, one must surely be “good at getting lost in foreign lands”. sure a writer…Feb 19, 2016Feb 19, 2016
bethanytoewsloving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanityI got my first bikini in the 7th grade. I can still remember how excited I was for my belly button to no longer be a secret I kept from the…Feb 12, 2016Feb 12, 2016
bethanytoewsheaven is a place on earth5 months ago, I was so lost I forgot to worry about disappointment. so I went ahead and asked the silence of my bedroom for what I wanted…Jan 5, 2016Jan 5, 2016
bethanytoewsthe miracle of deaththis weekend I heard a phrase I had never heard before, “the miracle of death”. I was struck by it. two words I would have never put…Nov 17, 2015Nov 17, 2015
bethanytoewsthe unconventional breakupforget that it ended, are you glad that it began? can you remember all the reasons you fell in the first place? can you remember the way…Oct 7, 2015Oct 7, 2015