Tag: essay

  • Is Reading Performative Now? 

    On the corner of Bleeker and Barrow, a slender twenty-something with glossy waves and gazelle legs glided down the sidewalk. She wore a mini skirt, ballet flats, ivory babydoll blouse, and a patent leather yellow Prada shoulder bag. As I watched to clock her outfit, she made her way toward the intersection, stopped at the […]

  • I Survived Cold Spring, NY: Drop your PSLs and Listen to This PSA

    It was the first rain-free weekend last fall and my boyfriend Parker’s first time visiting my new home in Manhattan, where I’d recently moved. “I’m dying to leave the city,” I told him. We brainstormed a day trip upstate where we could drink apple cider, go pumpkin picking, touch grass. Thanks to an Instagram reel, […]