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Sweetbitter Love

Letting go by never letting go

Jan 1 • Lily

Love in the Time of Propaganda

Facing forgiveness at the Charlie Kirk memorial

Nov 1, 2025 • Lily

The 9/11 AI NFT I Bought

What The Falling Man taught me about being an American

Sep 11, 2025 • Lily

The Forgotten Prophet of Propaganda

Anti-memetic thinker Jacques Ellul on the modern disease of technological efficiency and conformity

Aug 31, 2025 • Lily

Shame and Loathing in Sichuan

Letting the erotic save me from saving face

Jun 1, 2025 • Lily

Are You There God? It’s Me, Lily

Vignettes on faith––lost, then found again

May 1, 2025 • Lily

Regretting Non-Motherhood

Grieving a breakup with someone who changed their mind

Nov 8, 2024 • Lily

Suicide is a Scream, a Meme, and a Killer Joke

And also a rope. Or, an ode to David Foster Wallace.

Nov 2, 2024 • Lily

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