It’s hard to believe that there was once no space for the very thing that makes me full. It didn’t exist between Greek Goddesses, they only had vices. The 11th century exemplars were David and Jonathan, and Shakespeare had the audacity to show females as friends- but only as a social critique on Elizabethan England, …
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Cool Cats : Spencer Hunt
A 5 year old dreams. At 5 I aspired to be the oversized-sweater, big-smile-at-the-lake, 1999 version of Britney Spears. You dreamt of being an artisan apple dumpling maker and a firefighting paleontologist. 5 year olds are blind socialites, figuring out people and testing boundaries. They have wild visions of jungles and pirate ships. They have …
Almond and her friend Dee Dee Doodle
A real ode to friendship and a spin on the storybook Dee Dee Doodle and her friend Almond My stomach flipped as I dropped, free-falling on the elevator and bracing for the crash. Panic took over. My breaths became short, my mind darted between deadlines, disappointment, chalkboards, self worth- There’s a friend that creeps under my covers …