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Author Archives: Ryn PB
June 2019: How This Month of Reading and Connecting Reinvigorated My Mind
What I Read: Dreadnought by April Daniels The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag Real Queer America by Samantha Allen We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia The Love Songs of Sappho translated by Paul Roche Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT+, polysyllabic spree
Tagged asexual, denver pride, family, howls moving castle, latine, lemony snicket, LGBT+, literacy, live music, mental health, music, nonfiction, pride, pride month, queer eye, queer literature, red states, sapphic poetry, sappho, sci-fi, series of unfortunate events, siblings, sister, song of achilles, tan france, tattered cover, trans experience, twenty one pilots, usa
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May 2019: How I Read Too Much Because of Boredom, Anxiety, and Unemployment
What I Read: The rest of Do What You Want edited by Ruby Tandoh Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol The Bad Beginning (re-read) by Lemony Snicket The Reptile Room (re-read) by Lemony Snicket … Continue reading
Posted in new era, polysyllabic spree
Tagged books, booktube, drag, eliza and her monsters, ghost, graphic novels, i wish you all the best, lara jean, lemony snicket, LGBT+, mason deaver, mental health, mick jagger, neil gaiman, nonbinary, owlcrate, paperbackdreams, prince, queer lit, radio silence, romance books, series of unfortunate events, the rolling stones, to all the boys i've loved before, umbrella academy
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Mixed Media and Turning the Page: How I’m Learning to Deal with (and Embrace) Uncomfortable Situations
The spring semester has been over for what feels like ages, but I can’t stop thinking about my photography class. I spent the entire semester complaining about how I wasn’t good at photography, how I had to try really hard, … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, new era
Tagged anxiety, books, college, creativity, hydra monster, mental health, mixed media, photography, school, uncertainty, uncomfortable, writing
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April 2019: How I Read and Loved My First Graphic Novel
What I Read: The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell Black Flag and punk rock zines Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena María Viramontes An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke The Dew Breaker … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT+, new era, polysyllabic spree
Tagged 2000s, ash hardell, books, freddie mercury, GBBO, graphic novels, great british bake off, harry potter, library, life lessons, mental health, punk rock, punk rock jesus, queen, reading
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Cookies and Jams: How Jamming to Music and Feeding Squirrels Makes Me More Resilient
A few days ago, I woke up, went for a 4-mile run outside, then jammed out to Walk the Moon and Panic! at the Disco while getting ready for the rest of the day. And honestly, it was one of … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, new era
Tagged anxiety, exercise, hydra monster, life lessons, music, panic at the disco, positivity, running, sadness, walk the moon
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Skeleton Faces and Coming Out: How I’m Learning that Confidence and Insecurities Can Live Side by Side
This past month has been weird, to say the least. My face got turned into half of a skull, I visited my friend Tricia in the hospital three hours away, I’ve been sick with a flu-sinus-infection hybrid, AND I came … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT+, mental health, new era
Tagged anxiety, books, confidence, friendship, hospital, illness, insecurity, life lessons, mental health, nonbinary, sadness
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February 2019: How Reading Through my Emotions Helps, a.k.a. February Was Weird
What I Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab The Tea Dragon Society (graphic novel) by Katie O’Neill Autoboyography by Christina … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT+, new era, polysyllabic spree
Tagged autoboyography, books, jack kerouac, jk rowling, one the road, owlcrate, punk rock, queer lit, reading, this savage song, victoria schwab, zines
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Demetri Martin and Paw-Shaped Cake: How I’m Learning to Ask for What I Want and Need
I have this horrible habit of bottling up anything that’s bothering me because I don’t want to rock the boat of any of my relationships. This inevitably leads to an explosion, usually in the form of a panic attack or … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, new era
Tagged anxiety, cake, comedy, demetri martin, friendship, guilt, ocd
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As Cool As Mint Ice Cream 