Some things I have done and some things that have happened to me in Sydney: the first things
In this new column, Jessie will share as much as she can about things that have happened and things she has done in the…
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Malleable
It’s been 11 months since my last session with my psychologist. At first it felt good to save money, and not take time out…
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Consumption ritual
Content warning: this piece contains references to graphic self-harm. At seventeen, I slipped from existence. What I mean to say; I…
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Flip the Notebook Upside Down Because If I Don’t Scribble I’ll Get Brain Damage
I don’t want to scribble on the pages of my Life School book. That’s what Louise calls the day patient program. She is in…
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Schrödinger’s nutcase
It’s interesting, the way seeing smoke rising over a wooded hill is interesting, learning to take note of the first signs. Making coffee and…
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reunion episode
a quarter-life crisis outstaying its welcome seeping like cask wine through a carpet i can’t write anything honest i’m always imagining someone reading and…
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Excavate
There is a photograph of my extended family from 1993, celebrating my grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary. I am four years old, sitting in the…
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