held to the past, too aware of the pending
All right, team. Below is a selection of things I wrote in 2016-- freelance articles, Tumblr posts, even some previous editions of this Tinyletter. Coming in 2017: thoughts on being "a pretty girl," an interview with this dude in which he uses the phrase "the expanding Faberge egg of our consciousness," a piece about women who are not Joan Didion writing about Los Angeles, and more, I sincerely hope, plus, right, my second novel, Grace and the Fever. Have I mentioned yet that my birthday is next week? And that pre-ordering yourself a copy, online or from your local independent bookseller would, in fact, be a great gift to me? Doree explains why very succinctly here.
I've also decided that this year I'm asking folks who are excited that I'm alive and feel like spending money about the fact to donate to a local abortion provider, to provide direct support to women who can't afford the reproductive justice and control of their bodies that they, as human beings, just, like, fucking deserve. Obviously most of you don't actually know me and weren't going to buy me a birthday present so please don't mistake this for an an actual ask; it's just me saying, to this group of people who have very generously let me send a tumble of thoughts into their inboxes all these months, here's one more thing to give some attention and maybe some cash to. In case you don't have enough of those already.
Anyway, a retrospective:
Holiday Dread: The Desert for The Awl
The Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theory That She is Secretly Gay for Broadly
What My Best Friend and I Didn’t Learn About Loss for Buzzfeed
How to Deal With Anxiety: Breathwork for The Cut
In Defense of Pettiness for The Hairpin
On the documentary City of Gold for Lucky Peach
Two Directions for MEL Magazine
There is No Such Thing as the Young Adult Novel for The Millions
Yes, It’s Okay to Care About What You Wear to Vote for Racked
I Couldn’t Get Into the Kylie Jenner Pop-Up Store for Racked
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This Is the myth of One Direction + Drag Me Down + Perfect + Love You Goodbye for One Week One Band
Some Things Men Don’t Understand
Post-election thoughts on intimacy, self-care and clothes
Whiteness, Jews and Bannon // the op-ed version, with bonus condescending dickheads in the comments
A story the Jews tell each other
I don’t know how you know if a bit will make a novel or not
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Also if you are reading this, if you have read any of this: thank you. Thank you so, so much.