Month 7 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
I think I cursed myself last month.
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The Keepers of Language
I’m editing an academic article for a client, and I come across this:
Month 6 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
Whenever my friend A is asked how they were able to quit smoking, they say the first step was accepting that nothing else in the world would ever feel as good as smoking a cigarette, which always made me think of how people describe being on heroin as the greatest feeling in the world (it’s hard for me to imagine cigarettes feeling this good ngl).
Month 5 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
In May, I successfully completed my 28th circle around the sun.
What Do Nuns and Middle-Aged Turkish Men Have In Common?
Wrong Answers Only
Month 4 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
At what point is making art about your feelings just keeping you stuck in them?
On Wanting
As I lie awake at 2am, unable to sleep, I think about desire.
Month 3 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
I’ve been suffering a streak of bad luck over the past few days.
Revisiting Hamlet in 2026
The Angsty Prince in All of Us
Month 2 of my Year of Intentional Celibacy
In February, I started feeling like myself again.