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hello and welcome!!

i am so happy to have you here!

look at the tree below!

when i was standing underneath all that pink, i just couldn’t leave: i was frozen there, so happy. i love integrating my photography into my posts, but this is one of my favorite photographs i’ve ever taken because i feel like when i was standing there i saw myself in this tree.

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when we stop performing: 5 enriching outcomes

authenticity is absolutely crucial for living a fulfilling life…

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4 months ago · 12 likes · 2 comments · andrew jelinek

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10 tactics for avoiding writer's block

i once saw an interview with lucy dacus, a very important artist to me, in which she explained her songwriting process. she said that she couldn’t imagine herself just sitting down at a desk to write a song. instead, she likes to go for walks, and she likes to record ideas as they come to her. lucy says she has an enormous google drive which…

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4 months ago · 55 likes · 27 comments · andrew jelinek

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why my haim crocs are so special to me

until recently, i had never truly picked out my own clothes. of course, i had gone to the store where i selected and purchased clothing… but i never allowed myelf to have a vision of what i wanted, and i never let myself go anywhere near the feminine apparel which always caught my eyes. i would confine myself to selecting clothing - mostly very dark - f…

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5 months ago · 11 likes · 9 comments · andrew jelinek

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my choice at 16: stop masturbating or burn in hell (salvation chronicles 1)

Book 1 of the Salvation Chronicles…

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4 months ago · 21 likes · 2 comments · andrew jelinek

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i was a supernova and he was a black hole: end of a friendship

you made me feel like an equal…

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4 months ago · 13 likes · 5 comments · andrew jelinek

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fuck your parents: 5 reasons why

tw: childhood trauma (physical/verbal but non-sexual abuse…

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4 months ago · 20 likes · 17 comments · andrew jelinek

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a bookstore with no romance section?

i’m still thinking about sarah cucchiara’s great piece in people’s princess: “carrying around a copy of the bell jar doesn’t make you look smarter.” here she writes…

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5 months ago · 47 likes · 18 comments · andrew jelinek

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from snow leopard to butterfly: making crystals in my soul (or am i a flower?)

retrospective reflection…

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4 months ago · 5 likes · andrew jelinek

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how i learned to be happy in paris (fall in the city of light)

sad in paris…

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4 months ago · 11 likes · 6 comments · andrew jelinek

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clairo, buddhism, nyc, and queerhood (retrospective diary: 2019-2024)

more retrospective diaries…

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4 months ago · 8 likes · andrew jelinek

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phoebe bridgers and the music that blossomed my queerness (retrospective diary: 2021-2024)

more retrospective diaries…

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4 months ago · 11 likes · 6 comments · andrew jelinek

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i don’t mind the word dad: but i do mind the word father

when i first came out i went around calling myself a demiboy. this word freaked so many people out of their minds that i quickly changed to queer / non-binary. i feel like queer is more encompassing: partly because i also hated being identified as straight when i’m actually bisexual. i just hated it. and so i kind of wanted a word that encapsulated ever…

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4 months ago · 13 likes · 2 comments · andrew jelinek