To Every Straight Man Trying to Get My Attention on the Street, Let’s pretend we’re back in Regency England. You don’t talk to me unless you have a proper introduction and I won’t have to challenge you to pistols at dawn for being an offensive, classless worm of a human being with no honor or…
Tag: observations
Disapproving Stare
Her short dark brown hair looks freshly showered, but I can’t rule out the possibility of just a shit ton of gel. There is an upper cartilage piercing in her right ear and her precisely done eyeliner adds to the violence of her disapproving stare. She has a light amount of pale pink eyeshadow on…
#22 – Reproductive Concerns
A new installment of why NOT to date superhero(in)es! AND HOLY SHIT MY 200th POST!!!! [In no particular order, except for number one because that’s my #1] Note: This piece will be written using gender neutral pronouns (ze instead of he/she and hir instead of she/he and him/her) in order to make this non-heteronormative. …
Considerate Reader
Gracious, he gave up his seat for a young woman in heels with a large bag. Stylish peacoat, red and black scarf tucked neatly under the collar, a red and white button up shirt with a dot or stripe pattern. He’s reading a book, holding onto the rail in front of him with the tips…
Impossible Futures with Strangers
All I can see is that he has his glasses pushed up onto his forehead, resting on his brow so he can read something on his phone and it makes me inexplicably happy. He is starting to bald at the crown of his head and he is wearing a three piece suit. It makes me…
#24 Property Destruction – “Oops” Factor Revisited
Let’s go back to one of our previous reasons for why normals should not date superhero(in)es. [In no particular order, except for number one because that’s my #1] Note: This piece will be written using gender neutral pronouns (ze instead of he/she and hir instead of she/he and him/her) in order to make this non-heteronormative. …
#25 – Promiscuity/Alien STDS
Hey Y’all! Sorry that I didn’t get this out yesterday, I needed the weekend to get my head back on straight and pump myself up! This is going to be an awesome week : ) So without further ado, reason 25 for why normals should not date supers. [In no particular order, except for number…
Spider Legs and Nail Polish
Her mascaraed eyelashes looked like spider legs sprouting from her eyelids. There was a sore on the right crest of the glossy bow of her mouth. Her fingernails had chipped purple nail polish on them.
An Open Letter About Ball Sweat
Dear Dudes, Look, I get it. It’s hot out. We just survived the hottest month of the year (on average for New York) and we are almost out of the dog days of summer. It is humid and sweaty and sticky and nasty out, but that is no excuse for your stank. I would apologize…
Bittersweet Sight
You are tall enough to hold the subway pole way over my head out of comfort, not necessity. Is it possible to tell the future from the lines in your wrist and heel of your hand instead of your palm? You have on what might be and expensive watch, but I can’t tell. The band…
#27 – Evil Doppelganger/Imposter
I don’t know if I told you all how this list came into existence, but better now than never. The top reasons for normals to not date supers started when I was still working at the coffee shop. I think it was a really slow Sunday (all Sundays are slow when you open at 7am…
Little Gentian 