primarilynEmerging from a hot bath tonightI swore I saw the pink of a rectangular sunburn on my chest. A sunburn I’d originally sustained over a year and a half ago. The memory of…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
primarilynMy Period is a TaurusMy period is a Taurus. On May 9th, 2002, I felt a now familiar pain in my lower abdomen as I skated carelessly around my small Kansas…Jul 12, 2019Jul 12, 2019
primarilynAre You There, New York?After too many episodes of Sex and the City at too impressionable an age, I do this thing where I can’t help but (wonder HAHA, okay, no…Jul 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019
primarilynMy Instant Gratification, My SelfI get nervous about making everyone happy. “Only worry about what makes YOU HAPPY!!!” the elusive “they” say. But what if what has made me…Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019
primarilynMy Hometown Mall is Giving Me Existential DreadI can’t go to my hometown mall anymore. It isn’t that it doesn’t exist. It does, but in a way that challenges my saccharine memories of…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
primarilynAfter the FourthIt is one of those days where the heat of high summer looms large outside the door, even at 8 o’clock in the morning. Inside, I am wishing…Jul 8, 2019Jul 8, 2019
primarilynDo I Miss Teen Magazines or Do I Just Miss Being Told What to Do?Long-ish ago in a faraway land called rural Kansas, I was a pre-teen girl with an affinity for drugstore beauty products and a Seventeen…Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019
primarilynA Tornado in New York CityWhat does it mean to usher in your 30s while still at odds with your 20s? I could have been settling into my sixth year in New York City…Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019
primarilynSummer FridaysLet us now pray, kneeling at the altar of the Summer Friday. Taking communion of a single stale wafer washed down with sips from a small…Jun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019
primarilynOn SandwichesA sandwich is the world’s most perfect food. From the turkey and swiss on a dense and starchy bagel that I ate every day of my high school…Nov 4, 2017Nov 4, 2017