The purpose of my thesis was to explore how fascist regimes take shape in a society in the form of a creative short story. It was also a way to conclude whether or not fascism could happen in modern-day America. In my research, I identified six common symptoms of fascism, which I then explored in my short story. I then broke up the story into three parts, following three different women who all live in America, and yet their realities are different from each other.
nostalgia: 20 milligrams, take once a day with birthday cake. do not exceed dosage prescribed.
This piece is about how romanticizing the past can reopen old wounds that never healed. How in memories, we forget sad moments and let them slip through the cracks.
This short essay is about being young and feeling stuck in the paralysis of having all of this potential and feeling that you're not living up to them.
This is a collection of poems I wrote - The Art of a Woman, His Body, and Lady Liberty. I wrote His Body and Lady Liberty when I was 17, and I finally had the opportunity to publish both of them.
This poem is about how people can often feel lusted over, and never loved. The idea of them is always revered and wanted, but never the actual person.
I wrote a song about the 27 Club and performed it at 14 East Magazine's "14 East Live" show.