©Valerie Duca

⊹ Geo-mess

I do not know where to begin here so I am going to babble myself into a lather: if we are friends irl, you know I called this Russian invasion years ago. You…
⊹ because, Marx

⊹ because, Marx

According to Marx, a nation that enslaves another can never be free. -At any given time in 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people were in modern slavery, including 24.9 million in forced labour…
⊹ cop(out)26

⊹ cop(out)26

Activism is more than screaming in the streets for what you want with theatrics and posting it on social media. It is doing your homework and knowing what is possible with the science…
mis.anthropy

mis.anthropy

i had explained it (sort of like) this: a long time ago, i played the violin. i had a music teacher when i was a preteen that played several instruments but the violin…
Same Deep Water As You

Same Deep Water As You

Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so-very far away, lived a girl named Melinda. She was not tall, nor fair. She did not inherit a fortune when her father died, she…
⊹crushed mementos

⊹crushed mementos

If I had a fairy godmother, after she picked me off the newly scrubbed bathroom tiles, she would ask me why I was so sad and what is it that she could do…
⊹did.i.fall.or.was.i.pushed

⊹did.i.fall.or.was.i.pushed

Last night. Trepidation set in. I got so wrapped up in my negative emotions that I could not move. I had some sort of psychosomatic paralysis. It was scary as hell. I was…
⊹my scarlet life

⊹my scarlet life

we walked by a bunch of stores, and some of them had shinies in the window. so we stopped and giggled at the stuff, practically skipping down the pavement. I know how in…