Published inHuman Parts·Feb 19, 2020Member-onlyTripping Over the Weaknesses of Men I Have LovedEmbarking on the project of loving ourselves regardless of how people love us, or fail to — We cannot be introspective without cause. The compulsion to sit down and willingly examine who we are and how we have come to be doesn’t arrive like the wind on our faces in the evenings. Things have to happen. Feelings of loss and helplessness have to interrupt the daily motion…Relationships5 min readRelationships5 min read
Mar 22, 2019Suicide PartySaw you in a dream. Time hadn’t stopped or reversed, though it often does in my subconscious mind. Instead, it had leapt forward: much further and faster than I could have anticipated. She appeared to me in full blue. Her hair had grown long – which is how I marked…Dreams2 min readDreams2 min read
Mar 12, 2019A Year in the Life: Emily Gilmore’s RedemptionThe first episode of Gilmore Girls premiered when I was 5 years old, but I was only introduced to this storybook-town marvel at the end of last year by a friend who told me that the series was her go-to when she was feeling down. Before long it also became…Gilmore Girls4 min readGilmore Girls4 min read
Feb 5, 2019Meditations on Mental Health: Humour, Literature, and ShameLast Sunday I joked about how the bus stop I was meant to alight at was right before the expressway, and “how funny would it be if I missed my stop”. I did end up missing my stop so I used the extra time on the unintended journey I made…Mental Health11 min readMental Health11 min read