Identity

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The Many-Headed Creature That Is My Big Blended Family

So compared to my siblings, who was I?

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Jo the Word Nerd: Ache

And so, my mornings are not full of pain and hurt, just ache. 

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Problematic Male Characters I Kind of Like: Jay Gatsby

Are any of us without fault?

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Dreaming of TV Static: A Brief & Personal Account of Techno-Horror

I set out to watch some of the landmark films of techno-horror to gain a deeper understanding of the genre as a whole

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Digital Afterlife: A Collection of Our Past Selves

Social media used to be chronicles of our lives; now it is just a curation of a persona. 

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My Friends and All Their Fiends

Nearly every one of my friends had a parent introduce them to a nebulous figure who punished naughty children. 

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Cold-Blooded

But eternity feels like a never-ending room / that lengthens with every step forward

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Adiśati (Order)

Being the wife of a demon who so easily lends his body like a whore is not as simple as drinking freshwater.

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My Twin in the Pink Sheets

Was there ever a sign / in the slamming of doors...

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Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance

My final breath belongs only to you / As darkness takes away the remaining light.