I wrote this for xojane.com. I’ve been mentally and emotionally dealing with this for a while. Basically, I realized last year that, like everyone, I’m a cliche*. My cliche happens to be that “manic pixie quirky adorkable grown up nerd girl who gets awkward around dudes.”
Sometimes we stare into the void and someone who owns an ocarina in her twenties stares back.
*We all fit some kind of personality trope, even if we’re weirdos. Then we fit the weirdo trope.
I'm Afraid I'm a Manic Pixie Dream Girl | xojane.com
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I had a two hour long conversation with Grant about this same topic just last week. But I figured it’s fine, as long as...
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I’ve started writing something like this a while ago, but in my case it would say “I’m afraid I’m a hipster”. It seems...
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Same. Almost… I mean I relate. Shit! You got it. I just need another coffee.
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