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Did you miss the last newsletter? Check it out here. Hi there, Did you get a chance to read my essay Do I Have to Be Understood to Take Up Space? This essay about learning how to be seen resonated with more people than I anticipated when it was initially published on Substack. Now, I’m excited to share that it is available as a zine! This mixed media zine includes the full essay. It took three weeks to design and create the analog collage backgrounds because I only had 2-3 hours and limited...

I'll Tell You Everything About Living Free by Sula Found Hi there, These days I am two beats away from tossing my phone as the news cycle changes. I keep notifications turned off but still frequently check the AP News app and refresh Reddit. Headlines don’t fuel much hope, and dozens of Slack messages over the past month have reminded me that we are not in a bad episode of The West Wing. My professional and personal responsibilities have already grown past my capacity, and now we gotta deal...

Celebrating nine years of writing this newsletter This newsletter was first published on Valentine’s Day in 2016. Whether you’ve been a subscriber since day one or joined last month, I am grateful to have you here. Can you believe this newsletter was started by a 22-year-old who just wanted to document life after undergrad? I remember wanting to be taken seriously as a writer, even though I didn't know how building a creative life looked from my perspective. Somehow that also meant sharing...

I'll Tell You Everything About Living Free Visit Sula's Virtual Studio I spent a recent weekend watching my five-year-old kiddo designing a Mario costume for the third time. It reminded me that any worthwhile project takes time. “Finishing it is what matters. You have to try more than once to see if your idea works,” I repeated. He didn't care about the unsolicited lesson the previous two times. He goes through periods of ripping up papers and scratching out previous attempts deemed unworthy....