books
  • a tree grows in brooklyn -- betty smith

  • east of eden -- john steinbeck

  • valley of the dolls -- jacqueline susann

  • nausea -- jean-paul sartre

  • light years -- james salter

  • getting lost -- annie ernaux

  • a woman's story -- annie ernaux

  • lucy -- jamaica kincaid

  • a prayer for owen meany -- john irving

  • lost & found -- kathryn schulz

  • don't look at me like that -- diana athill

  • breath, eyes, memory -- edwidge dandicat



movies
  • nowhere -- gregg araki

  • coraline -- henry selick

  • party girl -- daisy von scherler mayer

  • before sunset -- richard linklater

  • jawbreaker -- darren stein

  • a tale of winter -- eric rohmer

  • basket case -- frank henelotter

  • slumber party massacre 2 -- deborah brock

august 31, 2025
i needed this reminder to restore my agency. i have a life to live and will not let it be pawned off by big tech companies. my attention is mine!!!
most of this was not new information. i know google knows everything about me. i know social media is killing us and destroying democracy. but this was probably more of a matter of timing for me. the simulated stuff was all pretty dumb but overall this was effective and made me get the fuck off my phone.

august 30, 2025
this was cute, nothing extraordinary. i was under the impression it was sapphic, so that was a bit disappointing but the womanhood at the end was sweet and fun.