On Moving + Home As A Feeling
Some quick thoughts on moving back to Chicago and how I feel about the idea of home.
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on big thief + the value of the art you hate
I wrote this essay about a band I hate in a way I hate no other band. I wrote this essay about the depth that can be found in hating something in such a special way. It was supposed to be for a sort of collection. Maybe it still will
Remembering the 2012 Glamour Kills Covers Comp
Some thoughts on the Glamour Kills covers comp from 11 years ago and general thoughts on what makes a cover good or bad.
26 Things for Turning 26
It's my birthday. Here's a post about the last year and my hopes for the next year and some photos of my silly little life.
On Online Womanhood
Usually on this blog I write about music. Today I want to write about being A Girl and the way other women talk about being A Girl online.
Thoughts on a Militarie Gun Song, Thoughts on Music Writing
Some thoughts about "See You Around" by Militarie Gun and the role a song like that plays on an album. Also, some thoughts on music writing as the newsletter hit 3 years old this past week.
With Love and Trust and Friends and Hammers
Litigating my relationship with the hold steady as always.
MRTW: Reviewing, but also Recommending
In which I review movies and TV and places in the town I'm from. Then I recommend you stuff I've enjoyed reading recently.
a personal essay about my car
When I moved to Philadelphia, my mom gave me her 2011 Honda Accord. I hadn't had access to a car since high school and didn’t miss it for the five or so years I lived in Chicago, but the idea was that it could be nice to be able
What Can We Expect?
An essay about the difference between wanting to love artists who reflect your values and expecting public figures to conform to the morals you've projected onto them. Also about Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, I guess.
MRTW #12: PNW Edition
some reviews of the pacific northwest, some photos i took
on traveling alone: a dispatch from seattle
In which I give some advice on how to have a good time at a bar alone and some stray thoughts on traveling alone.
where do you start?
some new songs i like + some thoughts on recommending a starting point for people unfamiliar with a band.
12 Different Tooling Operations: An Essay on Work
and also on my family, powder metallurgy, a painting of some lions, hobbies and other things essential to being alive.