Author Archives: marandaelizabeth

That awkward moment when somebody fucks up your pronoun.

Dave Cave and I were gonna make a video post about using coffee as an antidepressant, but it turned into a conversation about gender & pronouns instead. At first, I thought we’d just start over, but then we decided to … Continue reading

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Take Care

When I went to Chicago last March, I got tattooed by Alana Robbie. In 2010, she tattooed a Greyhound bus on my left arm, and this time, she tattooed TAKE CARE on my knuckles. I’d written down hundreds of knuckle … Continue reading

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Recovery is a Series of (Potential) New Beginnings

Changes are happening! I’m moving in September. Each time I get ready to move, I daydream about my new routine, my new home, my new self. I imagine setting up my spaces just perfectly, waking up early in the morning, … Continue reading

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The Secret Project Revealed: Telegram Anthology to be Released by Mend My Dress Press!

♥ ♥ It’s true! Telegram: A Collection of 27 Issues is being published by Mend My Dress Press! Read more about it here, and follow Mend My Dress Press on Facebook here! ♥ ♥ In Telegram: A Collection of 27 … Continue reading

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To be true to my own weirdnesses.

450 days sober. Celebrating by buying books on borderline personality disorder, and having a brief freak-out in a public place that resulted in me destroying private property. Anxiety & insanity are keeping me away from my friends right now and … Continue reading

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Creativity and Jealousy

CREATIVITY & JEALOUSY: STORIES Have you ever felt so jealous you thought you might puke and/or cry? Because I have. Jealousy has been a pretty big problem in most areas of my life for most of my life, and it’s … Continue reading

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Dear Diary: Can we talk about self-injury without making fun of ourselves?

Dear Diary, I have eighteen fresh scars on my arms, and I’m not sure why. What I do know is that I wanted to be invisible today, but I couldn’t, and maybe this was second best. I don’t have the … Continue reading

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Stay wonderful, weirdos!

I’ve been working on a secret project, and it partly accounts for why my head and heart have been going to some strange places recently. As part of the secret project, I’ve been telling tales from my past that I … Continue reading

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I feel like a mess, and what I really want to say is…

My life seems to exist in lists and snapshots right now, and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve said, “I’m gonna get my shit together… Again… Soon.” I feel like through much of April, I was caught in … Continue reading

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New Zine! Real Life: A Magical Guide to Getting Off the Internet.

Real Life: A Magical Guide to Getting Off the Internet is a how-to and story-telling zine by me and my friend Dave Cave. We both realized we’d been spending way too much time online, and that we always ended up … Continue reading

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