picking crowns

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Hi, my name is Nadia.

Welcome to my space. Here I'm allowing myself to whisper and ramble and scream out loud. If you're here to listen, welcome.

All in Thinking

Mar 27
Mar 27 "It's not that I want this monotonously wild college life to end, but something should probably give. Monotonously wild is still monotonous."

Even so, it’s not so much a dissatisfaction with the present as incredible anticipation for the future. Walking up that escalator the wrong way for the last three years has to be worth something, like a little agency to step off every once in a while, or at least some better calves. I think the Nadia coming up soon is nipping at the heels of the woman Giovanni writes about, though. Indeed, I’m about to turn myself into myself.

Feb 19
Feb 19 "...Before I had a grasp on the spelling of my last name or what my dark skin meant to me, I knew my difference intimately. "

To Settle in a Profound and High Place

Feb 2
Feb 2 "I promise that by making my injustices personal for you, it will make a world more of a difference..."

It's Nothing Personal

Jan 27
Jan 27 "No one can beat me at being me! It's a scientifically proven, definitive fact. There's never been anything truer. "

What's That?

Jan 15
Jan 15 "Centuries of men and women already paid for my crown with their blood and bone, it is now simply my job to wear it."

To Pick Up a Crown and Wear It

Jan 15
Jan 15 "I think coming to that understanding will be a matter of realizing that my value is innate, and has existed by virtue of my personhood..."

Some Things Are Just Innate

Dec 30
Dec 30 "That's the thing about accidental deaths, there's no adjustment period, just life being lived in one second and life completely vanishing in the next."

Turn Those Death Knells Off!

Nov 19
Nov 19 "I’m trying to keep a broad focus at this point in my life, which often actually requires that I narrow in on myself. "

A Bored Documentation

Nov 18
Nov 18 "...For this edifying journey I’m trying to embark on, I think everything must begin with a personal culture change."

Vive La Révolution

Nov 16
Nov 16 "I’m in the tumultuous process of trying to pick up whatever crown has been designated for me. But honestly, even that’s unclear."

This Space