the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
“Some ‘Summer Tips to Beat the Heat’. First off, have you tried to reason with the heat. Humans, temperatures, angels, and chairs, are all equally real and sentient. Which is to say that we are all not real, nor are any of us actually sentient, but give reason a shot. It has never, not once in history, worked, but it might work this time. If the heat won’t listen to reason try denying that it’s hot. “Doesn’t seem hot today," you might say to your profusely sweating neighbor. “A little chilly even!" you could continue, slipping on a sweater and making an exaggerated brrrr noise as the glaring sun plants the idea of cancer in your skin. And if denial does not work then your best bet as with all problems in life, is exhausted resignation. This has been Summer Tips to Beat the Heat.” — Welcome to Night Vale
the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
“There are no Jack Kerouacs or Holden Caulfields for girls. Literary girls don’t take road-trips to find themselves; they take trips to find men. "Great" books, as defined by the Western canon, didn’t contain female protagonists I could admire. In fact, they barely contained female protagonists at all.”
— It’s Frustratingly Rare to Find a Novel About Women That’s Not About Love - Kelsey McKinney - The Atlantic