EVERYONE IS LIVING LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME
In case you haven’t noticed, every single person around you is pretending they know what they are doing…
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Why are we on this little rock? | Newspaper Edition
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All we’ll have is wistful memories
Or maybe I’m just feeling extra melancholically sentimental today. Hopefully, I’ll think differently tomorrow…
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STORE LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT (initial stages)
Perpetual Girlhood has a brief–but big–announcement: Our very own store has been launched December 2024! The Perpetual Girlhood Store is still in its incipiency with lots of features and products to be added in the coming year. Although only two products are available at this time, we want to offer more variety
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Why Dressing Yourself is a Thing of ART
I dress to feel like a wood nymph who has come to live amongst humans with the dream of spending her life eating warm soups and devouring classical literature…
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Heaven Awaits (it must)
I think we fear death, because we fear the unknown. We can’t possibly imagine what comes after death because all we envision is our own inert form once our heart has stopped…
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ART INSPIRES ART
When something inspires you, words will flow and your mind will be stimulated. As people, we aren’t all that unique in that no two people think in the same frequencies. It’s the exact opposite…
Why are we on this little rock?
Is there no such thing as a feral person anymore?
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literary fiction vs. genre fiction
Though grossly oversimplified, the primary difference between literary fiction and genre fiction is the purpose of the story being told: genre fiction focuses on the entertainment value of the plot and literary fiction focuses on the beauty and significance in the style of writing itself…
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All-Purpose Gift Giving Guide with iHerb
As I write this, Christmas 2024 is quickly approaching. This list, however, is versatile and can provide inspiration for any event, holiday, or person. There is something for everyone. Though it is a bit of an unconventional guide, it is practical. We all want–or at least should want–family and friends to be healthy and
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Female Intuition in Literature and Life
Most psychics, clairvoyants, mystics, etc. in literature are female. Did you ever notice that?
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EVERYTHING WORKS IN YOUR FAVOR
Oftentimes, the extraordinary comes unexpectedly and much sooner than you could have anticipated…
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My existence is conceptual, but there are glimpses of solidity
There’s just something magical about hearing your name spoken into existence and carried by the wind…
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Creatives are made to walk and do pilates
Pilates and walks are the perfect combination for girls who sit and read and write all the time…
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Beautiful Books That Make Great Gifts
There are a lot of beautiful books in the world, but this list compiles a few that are timeless and look gorgeous on a shelf…
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Is all fair in love and war?
Is there anyone who’s capable of loving another person without–even if subconsciously–seeking approval of their love?
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Persephone in Love
Do you ever think that Persephone eventually fell in love with Hades? And it has nothing to do with Stockholm syndrome or anything similar. That maybe she actually loved him?
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“We might be the only living creatures in the whole world”: The Rock and British Imperialism
Lindsay writes: “Clumps of rubbery ferns motionless in the pale light cast no shadows upon the carpet of dry grey moss.”1 This light, coming from the sun, must be in the sky shining down. It is inexplicable, then, that – no matter how pale the light – the ferns do not have a shadow. It is as if the source of light is coming from everywhere, all at once…
Untitled Ramble II
By default, does girlhood come with perpetual sadness?
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I’m not envious of you.
I’m envious of cats. Their simple life. Their ability to sleep and sunbathe all day…
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How to Sustainably Declutter
Give your items a second chance at life through ethical decluttering…
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Resolutions to Become an Ethereal Being in 2025: Dreamy, Kind, Unbothered
If we all tried to make ourselves kinder people, the whole word would be a better place. It starts with us. Let’s not take this responsibility lightly…
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Ineluctable Love
A connection between two souls, once formed, becomes an unchangeable, immovable love.
iHerb Has Been Bestowed On Us By The Goddess Panacea
iHerb sells a wide range of health and beauty products—supplements, herbs, skin care, hair care, teas, etc.—that possess great healing powers…
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These Wood Entities
It’s the trees that make me cry more than anything…
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First Impressions
We should define first impressions differently. The person you thought you met before wasn’t me…
Summer Reading Recommendations–A Return to Childhood Wonder
This summer’s reading is a means to return to childhood. Full of splendor, beauty, and the wonders of life, we read to find the serenity of summer…
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A Holistic Guide to Looking and Feeling Divine
Every human looks most beautiful in a healthy and untamed state…
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Book Recommendations For Weird, Whimsical Girls
She sat staring at the heavy curtains that shut out the gentle twilit garden, thinking how few things in life were un-muddled, firmly outlined as they were surely intended to be…
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I Grind My Teeth: Oral Poetry
I only wake up scared–delirious and delusional–when my fangs are not bared and able to reflect the moon…
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Finding Joy in the Mundane: Embracing a Sisyphean Existence
There is necessity in embracing and enjoying mundane tasks that, in the wrong mindset, can turn one’s life into a cyclical hell…
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My Favorite Existential Fiction
“Don’t you think it’s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life…
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10 Reasons the Concept of Grass is Absurd
It is ridiculous how much value people put into the appearance of their lawn. All it means is that they have given into the societal pressure put on them to maintain their outdoor space…
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“Ramona” by Helen Hunt Jackson is a Must-Read
In Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel Ramona, the titular character is raised on a Spanish ranch with a half-Scotch, half-Native bloodline. Accordingly, Ramona struggles to figure out where she belongs…
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Sensitive Objects and their Role in Othello: Object-Oriented Ontology in Shakespeare
In Othello, objects are independent in the way that they are able to influence the human characters without the human characters influencing them…
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