Jouissance

Memo 23: Emotional Overstepping

March 27, 2021

Hello, and welcome back — I held off on posting last week for two big things, the first larger than the second: the attack in Atlanta last week, and the...

Memo 22: Marketplace

March 13, 2021

The beauty of having a shoddy memory is that 1) things will come to the top of my mind without any prompting, and 2) I will easily forget where those random...

Memo 21: Bios

March 5, 2021

Whenever I come across someone’s online profile for the first time, I end up reading their self-written bios more than I used to. Being the empathetic,...

Memo 20: Speeching

February 27, 2021

As always, I have not known rest since setting foot into the hazardous wastelands of the internet, but I have been particularly unable to relax since I saw a...

Memo 19: Cycles

February 13, 2021

Recently, it’s been slightly less embarrassing to be a Southern Californian. LA’s cases are getting better, justice is coming for Britney and my noisy...

Memo 18: Tea

February 6, 2021

Not too much went on this week in the world, beyond the bizarre Joe Biden-GQ photoshop mess and reading reviews of Malcolm & Marie before watching it tonight...

Memo 17: Loopholes

January 22, 2021

And we’re back! Yes, I did take some time off from the beginning of the month (read: the entire damn month) to get back into this Substack but didn’t...

Memo 16: Helen Keller

January 1, 2021

I was considering making a year-in-review or some reflection on this below-average… traumatizing… depressing… year. But then since I realized this year was...

Memo 15: Lost Time

December 12, 2020

I know I’ve been going in and out of posting on here with consistency, so I’ll make a fantastic pledge: I will write a couple more Jouissances throughout...

Memo 14: Sometimes

November 20, 2020

Howdy and welcome back to Jouissance — I took the last two weeks off because of a certain overhanging political event or two, but now that that’s clearly a...

Memo 13: Halloween Outfits I Could Have Done

November 1, 2020

It’s a short themed post this week! For Halloween (which I celebrated in my own apartment and party-free, the outfit is solely for my own enjoyment), I...

Memo 12: YouTube, part 2

October 23, 2020

There are many pockets of internet culture that I know of vaguely and think, well I don’t have enough knowledge on this to withhold an educated conversation...

Memo 11: YouTube, part 1

October 17, 2020

The reasons why this Jouissance is later in the day than usual, and having a Part 1 in the title, are interconnected: my brain feeling big empty today. This...

Memo 10: Basketballship

October 9, 2020

In all honesty, I’ve kept up with the NBA finals the most adamantly this week.¹ And before I get called out by someone, I will give credit where credit is...

Memo 9: Everywhere at the End of Time

October 2, 2020

The internet’s echo-chamber qualities are on the whole, probably not great, but it does help you find interesting gems that might have otherwise passed you...

Memo 8: DaVinki?

September 25, 2020

Another lunchtime version of Jouissance this week! I’ve already shown my hand and revealed that I’m back on Tiktok a couple weeks ago, so the following...

Memo 7: Animal Video Game Characters That Aren’t Animals

September 18, 2020

To take a break from the serious vibes of the last couple posts, this week’s memo is silly. Let’s dive into critically unacclaimed, bizarre and illogical...

Memo 6: Ephemerality

September 11, 2020

By Lee Kyutae, one of my favorite artists.My brain is feeling a little scrambled. A very blatant reason for this is the numerous, multiplying, never-ending...

Memo 5: Homebodies

September 4, 2020

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about homes. There’s a lot of different tangents to that, especially in the political sense — like how California’s 2020...

Memo 4: Cruisin’

August 28, 2020

Say goodbye to the last draining week of August that 2020 will ever have. Can’t tell yet if that is a depressing or hope-bringing statement, as I’m still...

Memo 3: Stuff I Can Walk To Now

August 21, 2020

This week has been a giant blur for me because of the recent adventure of moving apartments! In the middle of a heatwave! It’s fine, we are all fine now; my...

Memo 2: Sweets

August 14, 2020

This week I’ve had a wonky set of meals — moving into a new place in the imminent future has motivated me to eat as much stored frozen food as possible and...

Memo 1: Italian Farmcore

August 7, 2020

Jouissance is a weekly excuse for me to dive into things that I’m fascinated by and bring me pleasure, pain or both. It comes out every Friday at 8am PST for...

a lil peak into what gives me pleasure and pain

July 31, 2020

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