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The Raven's Quill

Educated thoughts on philosophy, music, life and more.

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This Monstrous Madwoman

A horror trope that is neither feminist nor kind to us with mental illness

Learning to Dance with Myself Again

Moving forward after the breakup

The Brain's Betrayal

A memoir of growing up in the 90s, living with bipolar, and learning to find meaning and order in the chaos.

Closing a Chapter

Starting a fresh page as an assault survivor

January's Book on Writing: The Elements of Style

A review of the first book for my new year's challenge

'Twenty years have gone so fast': Green Day's 'American Idiot' at 20

A slight reworking from my old blog, Slices of Thought, originally posted in 2024

There Is (Probably Not) a Thin Girl Inside You

Growing up fat in the 1990s

The Morrissey Paradox

How can someone so awful create something so beautiful?

October

Vision Video and the difference a year can make

"Wake Me Up When September Ends"

A celebration of life, and death