The Skinny Black Girl

If you know, you know

  • The Return

    Once a month, I swear to God I’m done with writing. I tell myself the old internet is dead and there’s no reviving it. I delete whatever medium I’m desperately clinging to for attention or relevance or the tingle of aspiration I once felt in the presence of a cool, self-possessed internet personality and promise to dedicate my precious time and attention to literally anything else. I’ve been on the internet for two decades — surely, I’ve run out of things to say.

    And I was so serious this time. Morning pages? Out of here. Journaling? Motherfucker, for what?

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  • Stand Guard

    If one must watch their team get mollywhopped in the late innings, it’s best done from a company-sponsored suite. Stand Guard 2027, I guess.

  • Libra Season

    My birthday is in nine days, yet I can’t summon a story about the last year of my life. I guess this is aging. One day bleeds into another without a clear heroine’s arc. As someone who strives to live artfully, I don’t love it. But, such is life.

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