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a meme from Effin' Birds with a floral background and an angelic looking blue bird with peach colored wings and the words "legit what the fuck" in the middle with flowers growing around it

against boundaries and therapy speak (or... fuck your goddamn oxygen mask)

CONTENT WARNING: This piece very vaguely, very briefly mentions sexual assault, and the mention of suicide as a struggle for lonely people. I sometimes pray that whoever or whatever is up there will stop putting me in challenging situations for just a little while. I have not yet had that

By Elly Belle 12 Jan 2026
a collage of pictures of characters from the show with a red background and the title "THE BEAUTY OF QUEER LOVE IN HEATED RIVALRY (AND THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION)" on a ticket in the middle

the beauty of queer love in 'Heated Rivalry' (and the limits of representation)

“CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE ABSOLUTE BOYFRIENDS WHO LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH AND ARE SO OBSESSED WITH EACH OTHER?” I texted my friend Jane (who lives in Canada and whose taxes pay for this newfound obsession) about Heated Rivalry last week. As if transported back to my high school self’

By Elly Belle 30 Dec 2025
Robin Williams as a therapist in Good Will Hunting, with the caption "We get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds."

you can't go back but you can always go home.

The matryoshka (Russian nesting doll) tattoo on my left arm reminds me that I contain multitudes, and her eyes haunt me when I waste too much time resenting parts of myself. Many people see me as a confident person—someone who wears bold shoes and outfits, speaks loudly, and says

By Elly Belle 28 Nov 2025
a photo of the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset, with pink and purple clouds over the Manhattan skyline, with the words "tender heart in a blender" pasted over as if cut out and collaged

wayfarer, there is no way, you make the way by walking.

The irony is not lost on me that my professional writing career began through blogging when I was 13 and first became “Tumblr famous” and now, well, here I am once again back to blogging 17 years later. You used to be able to pickaxe your way into writing for

By Elly Belle 22 Nov 2025

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