Let the Bodies Hit the

May 9, 2023
feminism, musings
body issues, CW, f*** the patriarchy, fatphobia

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American woman in possession of a body must be trying to change it.

“A bit monstrous.”

Compared to men, women are immature, deficient, deformed; they are even a bit monstrous. -- Aristotle (more like AristLOL)

The Tyranny of Shame

March 22, 2023
Advice, musings, random

A few weeks ago, I spent about 9 hours in an emergency room trying to figure out whether or not I was having a heart attack.

Rabbit Hole Round-Up

Here are the interesting things I've hyper-focused on over the last few weeks:

Letters from the Island of Ambiguous Loss

February 9, 2023
dear diary, Runcible Witchery, spells
ambiguous loss, cord-cutting, friendship, ghosts, grief, hauntings, life, spell

Dear Ghost, I'm writing this letter in my best attempt to exorcise you.

Total Eclipse of the (Natal) Chart

I'm fascinated by astrology. I don't know if I "believe" in it--certainly, I've found myself reading about retrogrades and transits and trines and what they all mean based on what planet is what degree, where, and thought "oh, that's why my life is a mess!" But I've also regularly read my horoscope for ages now and, frankly, it rarely seems to apply...