unfortunately i text all my friends like i'm their desperate ex. hey i miss you. i thought about you while we weren't talking. what are you up to. can we spend time together soon.
when you realize that friendship in your 20s is really about taking the initiative to reach out because you can't bump into people as easily as in high school it makes it all the more sad when people think friendships, unlike romantic relationships, don't require intentionality
did research on this for a paper, social media trends like "core" aesthetics supposedly serve as insufficient replacements for subcultures because they're mainly focused on the commodification of visuals, therefore lacking substance and actual community
sucks that friendship has been reduced to “i don’t owe ppl anything” “ur friends aren’t ur therapist” “don’t trauma dump on ur friends” bc of the emergence of therapy-speak in friendships… i feel like people forgot friends r supposed to hold space & be present for each other :(
bringing back my essay on anik-anik in light of all the discourse that's been happening recently. on the anik-anik girlie as an emergent internet identity, how social media influences our collecting habits, and how it enables overconsumption (1/3)