“how Did You Get Into Writing” Girl Nobody Gets Into Writing. Writing Shows Up One Day At Your Door

u ever see someone with extremely fucked up views (or actions) and think wowww if a couple of things in my life went the tiniest bit differently that would have been me

At some point you’ve made a subconscious decision that’s saved your life without even realising

A recent cartoon for New Scientist

Grammar homework instructions: explain why this sentence is wrong

Me who has been passing grammar classes on pure instinct since 3rd grade: the brain worms told me so

Launching my first art blogs with a small comic based on the amazing words of Ursula K. Le Guin!

i woke up shivering from my dream this morning (it had you in it)

@/heavensghost on tumblr / unknown / richard siken / susan orlean / cool about it by boygenius / @/annalaura_art on tiktok / @/annalaura_art on tiktok / for your own good by leah horlick / the night we met by lord huron / richard siken / trista mateer / text: I thought id know you forever.. by Olivia Ruby - art: Watchmen by Dave Gibbons et al

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

The rollercoaster of losing your health. Analyzing the film The Zone of Interest. An unusual con artist. Calculating love versus genetics. Recalling a dark childhood. All that—and more—in our first Top 5 of 2024!

Read all the stories here.

The thing about being neurodivergent coded in a way is funny for me because I don't actually know if I'm neurodivergent or not. I even got myself diagnosed and the results I got were ambigious. I'm always wary to call myself Autistic or with ADHD because I don't want to use a label that doesn't apply to me, and I also don't want to harm or upset people who actually have a form of neurodivergence and know it.

I should probably not call myself anything for now, and check in with the person who diagnosed me to ask about the results again.

my favorite love language is trying, actually