i am destructive and you are / spun sugar

writer. journalist. photographer. videographer. poetry lover. feminist. lit junkie. neo-hippie. boss bitch. occasional killer clown. aspiring mermaid. ॐ

[kindredwhimsy]

"You loved me - then what right had you to leave me?"

Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

[kindredwhimsy]

"You know that I could as soon forget you, as my existence."

Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

[sweetcatastrophex]

"This ain't the UN, people." Trying to channel my inner peace using the advice of the sage Tamara Levitt... I remember when she shared a story about the time she used to work in a bustling restaurant and she had a manager who would share this message with the employees to keep things in perspective. I love it. It helps me, now, since the work I'm doing for my salary does not equate to a matter of life or death. I don't know how much it would have helped me when I was a journalist working as a local news reporter because, actually, the decisions I made very much came with real-life consequences... As the editor of the newspaper myself, any errors I ran would be my fault so the stakes were high (good thing I didn't run errors 😉). Even when my copy editor added a mistake to my copy, ironically, my name is in the byline. So I deal with the consequences. Speaking from experience AAAND that's partially why I don't work as a journalist anymore.

[tio-trile]

Something something vampires have no reflection so he can't even try to see his brother's face anymore when he looks into the mirror

[soranatus]

SINNERS By comic artist, Rombutan

[chanafehs]

‘you put that cig out, you can hold her’

[sweetcatastrophex]

it's kind of satisfying to see all the skinny blonde white bitches from high school now settled with overweight men who look like thumbs

[sweetcatastrophex]

going to Hicks to see the flower and garden show, taking trips to Jones Beach just because, spending time lounging at the town pool… I really am my mother's daughter, lol

[sweetcatastrophex]

be so good they can't ignore you

[sweetcatastrophex]

thinking about the time i accidentally entered English 101 in college even after taking AP Lit in high school and heard the professor tell me that i don't belong in the class because i'm too advanced lol then he used my essay intro as an example for the class. also thinking about the time my high school English teacher used my essay as an example for the class with my name hidden 🤓

[sweetcatastrophex]

start your day eating canned tuna with olive oil and lemon on toast with avocado and salt and pepper 🤤

[sweetcatastrophex]

in what ways are you trying to show love to your friends in their love language

[sweetcatastrophex]

is wake me up the best dance song ever created

[sweetcatastrophex]

normalize not telling anyone anything

in a world obsessed with sharing

"And in a world that demands visibility, choosing privacy can be one of the most powerful acts of care you offer yourself."

[typewriter-worries]

my favorite reads of 2025

The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age

Extremely Online and Incredibly Tedious

Stop Calling My Daughter Pretty

Taylor Swift Is The 21st Century's Most Disorienting Pop Star

No Good Art Comes From Greed

AirPods Are a Tragedy

Only Fads: A Culture (and Economy) of Labubu

As a mother to teen daughters, I'm not that concerned about Sabrina Carpenter's influence (...but I am about Gracie Abrams)

Taylor Swift is not the English teacher she wants you to think she is

The Secret Society of Lightning Strike Survivors

Less TikTok, More Screaming

The era of QAnon capitalism

Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet

Scapegoating the Algorithm

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism

How Wellness and Beauty Influencers Can Be Part of an Alt-Right Pipeline for Teen Girls

Ruins in Reverse

The “Disney adult” industrial complex

A lot of y'all aren't woke, just assholes

Comedy’s Safest Slur

ChatGPT Shaming Is Making Our Writing So Much Worse

AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner

Is The Love Song Dying?

Hot subpoena summer

The Old Guard That Never Was (And Why That’s a Good Thing)

[sweetcatastrophex]

omg for a second i just forgot my best friend's ex husband's name and got soo happy (who is also my ex housemate who was mean)

[sweetcatastrophex]

i'm not high maintenance when i sleep, i just need my weighted blanket to reduce anxiety, my mouthguard to protect my teeth, my humidifier to add moisture to the air, and my air filter to pull dust from the air hehe