Johanna Marenit’s brutal out hereI haven’t been writing very much this year. It’s hard to know how to express myself on the internet when I know that anything about me that…May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
Johanna MarentinTin is traditionally the gift given on a ten-year wedding anniversary. This is the story of the day my life changed forever, ten years ago…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Johanna MarenI love baths and I don’t care who knows itI have been writing about self-care for a few years in reaction to over a decade of being an insomniac workaholic with chronic health…Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018
Johanna MarenfireI used to binge eat or buy lots of things I didn’t need or, if I’m honest, really even want. It was a destructive coping skill, one I have…Oct 1, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Johanna Marena toast to realityI just learned that the boy I thought I would marry when I was 12 years old is engaged, and I couldn’t be happier for him. I feel like that…Sep 10, 2018Sep 10, 2018
Johanna Marentransgenerational memoryor, “sometimes your brain does weird shit when your grandparents were refugees”Mar 25, 2018Mar 25, 2018
Johanna Marenan unwanted anniversaryI’ve been feeling on edge lately, which is not abnormal for this time of year. Since I’ve spent a good deal of my life in school, June was…Jun 12, 2017Jun 12, 2017
Johanna MarenHere and “Somewhere Else”I’ve been thinking a lot about war lately. Currently it’s because I’m in Croatia, a place that was devastated by civil war during my…May 4, 2017May 4, 2017