Olivia Cisneros

Picture from Pinterest you have a way of keeping yourself in ruin so willing to do anything to escape your self-induced misery you end up hurting yourself in the process using destruction as a form of relief it goes beyond familiarity you live in that space of forced denial not simply because it's safer but as a form of self-punishment you want it but can't have it and will never have it because you do not deserve it with the way you live your life you make sure of that like an old dog that...

last night my mother slept over my apartment we watched a movie and had ice cream in bed she had never eaten it out of the container before i never realized just how much of life's simple pleasures she has been denying herself is this a part of motherhood or womanhood- at this point, are they synonymous? i watched her hesitate spoon hovering over like she was waiting for permission to indulge in something solely for herself. mothers are taught to grow smaller until sacrifice becomes their...

If you've ever taken a stroll on Taylor Street, there is a good possibility that you've seen The Bite. The Bite defines itself as a hidden gem, which is debatable. It opened in October of 2025 and is the only of its kind. While I have never been a patron of The Bite myself; my friend has for coffee, the morning after a sleepover. Every time she does so, I make my disapproval clear. This is the only time I've struggled to be friends with her because of our differences. Alas, good friendships...