HeyJaredWinemum
I’m Sam, a crass 33 year old queer from Naarm (Melbourne) via Aotearoa. I write about behaviourism, pop-culture, and books.
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All I’ve Ever Wanted Was to be a Twink (opens the original)
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I got my first pimple when I was 10, and by 12, they worked their way down my neck. A girl in my class wrote a list of the names that people called me. At least five of them were about my skin, and the others were about my weight. They were in alphabetical order, so the last one was zit-zit, which was, quite frankly, uninspired. By the time I was in high school, I was covered. My skin became so swollen and thin that my back would bleed because I lifted my arms or bumped into a wall. I had to sto
Was I an Emo? (opens the original)
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The Evanescence song “Bring Me to Life” came out when I was 11. After seeing Amy Lee discuss the meaning behind the track on an episode of Top of the Pops, I spent the next few weeks listening to the radio so I could hit record at just the right time and have it on cassette. After showing it to them, my cousins teased me, calling it Vanilla Essence”. For years after, I lied and told them I liked Eminem. I wouldn’t listen to Vanilla Essence again until I started high school. <a class="image-link
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