fiction & essays

When's It Gonna Be My Turn?

Sofia Coppola's women and the comfort of passivity

Mar 8, 2024 •

Beyond the Princess Diana Beanie Baby

When Beanies ruled the earth, Ty paid tribute to everything from Cracker Barrel to Elvis Presley

Dec 23, 2023 •

Evil Women and Rings of Fire

An annotated Groupies playlist: a soundtrack of the novel's inspirational tracks and name-dropped 1970s tunes, from Fleetwood Mac to "Disco Duck."

Nov 15, 2023 •

An essay: a retrospective on Tumblr's it-girl characters and the cult of the teenage girl, ten years on from Lorde's first album.

Oct 5, 2023 •

Fiction: "Janie says that she saw a man without a face on the bus yesterday, and none of us are listening, or I'm not, because there's a fight on the…

Sep 17, 2023 •

Fiction: "On Fake-Tom-Hanks' ring finger were two wet indents shaped like crooked teeth."

Aug 16, 2023 •

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