1 day agoPanicking & ProcessingMore Blogging I have to give myself so many pep talks it’s crazy. Clearly I’m no good at the art form. What has been most relieving is imagining my current day-to-day as the storm before the calm, a time to be 22 and not know what medication your dosage should…Music3 min readMusic3 min read
Nov 15Portrait of an Overused TitleI am, like, so unemployed and so The Graduate except that I have age appropriate sex. I keep hitting my head against the window of doubt, but I remain standing even after the loose days swallowed by bed. I hate that I will find relief in employment, but it is…Music6 min readMusic6 min read
Aug 6Mini fanzine for @’s “Mind Palace Music”Mini fanzine for @’s “Mind Palace Music”Music1 min readMusic1 min read
Jul 25I Love I Love Dick (and music)The reading of Chris Kraus’ I Love Dick is recommended but not totally necessary for this “article.” For your life… “Does analogy make emotion less sincere” (54) “Letters” - @ “Fearing is all but love/ Tell me will I ever be the same?” …Chris Kraus7 min readChris Kraus7 min read
Jun 11I’ve Got Mine: Notes on “Motion Pictures (For Carrie)”I’ve Got Mine: Notes on “Motion Pictures (For Carrie)” In 1974 Neil Young was at the tail end of his relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress. “Motion Pictures (for Carrie)” is just one song regarding their romance; more famous is “A Man Needs a Maid,” in which the last verse tells…Neil Young3 min readNeil Young3 min read
Sep 14, 2022Outnumbered in the BoothIn studio production, female and nonbinary students represent just 14% of the program Originally published in spring 2022 of The Purchase Beat When studio production major Kayla U. Dike first came to Purchase last fall, she began to question her musical knowledge after not knowing a slew of 1960s and…Studio9 min readStudio9 min read
Jul 9, 2022On Travel and OversharingI have found myself, once again, in travel’s limbo and fighting feeling like an open wound. Right now I would maybe compare my heart to that of a bruised plum. Or at least this is what I imagine it resembles, coming undone as a leak oozes from a tender, fleshy…Journal4 min readJournal4 min read
May 25, 2022I’m Thinking Maybe: The Luster of Liz Phair’s “Shatter”There is no shortage of commentary and praise for Liz Phair’s debut Exile in Guyville, especially from the perspective of a young woman. The ways in which her callow blonde “girl next door” demeanor shocked listeners in the face of her depraved, sagacious lyrics has been reiterated in many different…Liz Phair4 min readLiz Phair4 min read
May 23, 2022Killed With DelightMy favorite thing to do is walk. I know this may make me sound incredibly dull and I accept this, but it is just who I am. I don’t like amusement parks or going to the beach, nor any thrill-seeking activities, for no part of me has ever been allured…Nature7 min readNature7 min read
Jan 19, 2022This Archive Is For You If You Need It[This is a paper I wrote for a literature class of mine, in which I put Amy Winehouse’s debut album Frank and Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In The Dream House in conversation with one another through the lens of archive.] By interrogating Amy Winehouse’s 2003 debut album Frank through the…Amy Winehouse12 min readAmy Winehouse12 min read
