Crystal Duanthe softboy now monetizes himself on substackThe Substack Softboy, in his current form, has a thousand person following. His Paid Subscriptions are sacred; they’re where he unleashes…Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Crystal Duangrief, best expressed by livingIt’s been over 6 years now since I published grief, best expressed like shitting on Medium, a tribute to my past best friend Aasav, who had…Dec 29, 2022Dec 29, 2022
Crystal Duanyou are not the narrator, please stopI have not, not, written about my personal life at length in a second. No one who kept up with my blog from 2012–2018 knows who I’m dating…Dec 21, 2022Dec 21, 2022
Crystal Duanmain character energy is not narcissismBefore I ran an Interintellect salon on Main Character Energy this week, I decided to scour the Internet to see what’d been officially…Dec 9, 2022Dec 9, 2022
Crystal DuanWhat if this were enough?I woke up this morning with a thought, a gift, a question: What if someone just came down and told me I’d never accomplish my dreams?Dec 23, 2021Dec 23, 2021
Crystal DuanNow That We’re In Quarantine, Some of Us Have To Face Our Greatest Enemy: OurselvesI’m going to post this without asking anyone if it ‘makes sense’ or editing it for clarity, because, I guess, I wrote it for me. But I…Mar 19, 20202Mar 19, 20202
Crystal DuanThere is no promise of greatnessIt can clump into physical sickness. At first a disease of the self-concept — soon it becomes something that spreads into the body.Mar 18, 20191Mar 18, 20191
Crystal DuanLife has no Pictures of Dorian GreyThe more hits Dorian Grey took to his soul, the more wretched became his likeness, hanging on the wall in a pretty frame.Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Crystal DuanCall me sexyWe’re sitting on the beach, sand on our towels, listening to the chatter of little kids playing and the waves washing up. Suddenly I stand…Jul 23, 20182Jul 23, 20182