ADRIA

everything

  • soft violence

    I’m back in Beth’s office. She’s had the same bob and the same sad brown eyes since I first stepped into her office 4 years ago and I’m slowly losing my ability to filter…

  • radical acceptance

    I know what Beth is going to say before she says it. Like so many others before her, she truly believes these words will make a difference. I inhale, brace for impact as she…

  • I miss when social media was pure chaos

    Instagram culture used to mean something. Before the carefully curated feeds, highlight covers and cottagecore, we had “addressing rumors” posts and Instagram Lives where people spilled the tea about breakups. I’m not talking about…

  • If you thought ‘Adolescence’ was a cautionary tale about bullying, you’re wrong

    “Do you like me? Don’t you even like me a little bit? What did you think about me?”  These words, spoken by Jamie, the young boy at the center of Netflix’s “Adolescence,” are not…

  • what we can learn about gender-based violence from Congo

    In early February 2025, male prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched a prison break. In their mass escape, the 4,000 escapees raped nearly 200 female prisoners, then set fire to the prison…

  • MAYBE THEY’RE NOT A NARCISSIST, MAYBE YOU’RE JUST HURT

    I fight the urge to cringe every time someone throws around the word bipolar in conversation with no regard for its real meaning. “You can never decide what you want to eat, you’re so…