Eden, like so many other women—especially American women—had been conditioned from a very young age to believe that how you… Read more The Myth of Male Discernment (About Female Aesthetics)
Tag: Short Story
Big Sur: Commit to the Chaos
It seemed that, in life, every time something or someone got “back on track,” the universe saw fit to make… Read more Big Sur: Commit to the Chaos
Bernie Lomax Boyfriend
Although, most of the time, he was “game” to go out, in more recent months, Irina couldn’t help but often… Read more Bernie Lomax Boyfriend
A Particularly Patriarchal Father’s Day
In a rare instance of earliness, Father’s Day fell on a particularly pointed date that year. June 14th. The same… Read more A Particularly Patriarchal Father’s Day
A Hand in the ATM
That ATM in American Psycho has nothing on the one that ate my hand. In fact, the command on the… Read more A Hand in the ATM
Basic Season
Something had happened in recent years. Yet another awful phenomenon that seemed undeniably linked to the general sense of joylessness… Read more Basic Season
To the Hot Guy Reading Love in the Time of Cholera
I saw you so many years ago now. Yet I can still see you so clearly. Or at least, however… Read more To the Hot Guy Reading Love in the Time of Cholera
Rest Home Zabaglione
Perhaps if she wasn’t of Italian descent, she might not have known what zabaglione was before working at the rest… Read more Rest Home Zabaglione
Frieda the “Friend” Girl
Every girl knows the type of girl. The one who insists that she’s “innocent.” Means nothing by all her enthusiasm… Read more Frieda the “Friend” Girl
The New Mona Lisa
There she was. As vibrant and eye-catching as the day Andy “made” her. Or rather, turned her into yet another… Read more The New Mona Lisa
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