Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #64: Brrrr
It’s official. This cold is bumming me out.
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Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #63: Germs
We’re not even sick of each other.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #62: Twenty Bi-Teen
New Year! New Me!
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #61: Loose Ends
It’s sometimes funny, the things we find ourselves feeling attached to…
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #60: Therapy
I need to go to heckin’ therapy.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #59: Ghosts
The thing about leaving is that the ghosts tend to stick around.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #58: Envy
…I know. I know. Jealousy is a toxic and entirely unfavorable emotion.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #57: Autonomy
As if there’s value in being a person who never needs anyone.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #55: Self Care
I’ve been trying to keep up with my writing, but the news is making me sad…
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #55: Conflation
Why push each other down when we all need some heavy lifting?
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #54: Frustration
I’m having a hard body week.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #53: Accommodations
“I’m often made to feel that to be great, I have to do more than anyone else, better than anyone else, with less help than anyone else.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #52: Queer Enough
“We’re queer because we know and say that we are — not because we satisfy a series of credentials.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #51: Swimming Lessons
“I loved everything about swimming lessons and fun in the pool. Well — almost everything.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #50: Moving Day
A quick “I love you.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #49: Pride
“I know the difference between a party that’s celebrating me and a party that’s exploiting me.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #48: Camp 2.0
A quick look back at A-Camp X!
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #47: Touch
Physical touch is not about niceness, it’s about intimacy. It’s not owed. It’s considered.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #46: Nice
“Of all the awful ways to be insulted in this body I gotta say: I’m most frequently bummed out by folks who think they’re being nice.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #45: Signs
“I’ve grown to love reading my horoscope.”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #44: Ink
“There are very few things I love more than being tattooed.”