THE YAPOSPHERE

I'm sitting in my bedroom on this Sunday evening missing someone who caused me a lot more pain than joy. But that doesn't matter tonight, because his absence is making me quite sad at the moment. So I'm staring at his contact in my phone, knowing that the erasure of this feeling is only one gentle tap of my screen away. And of course, as a music enthusiast I have my saddest playlist crooning in the background (linked below, if you also want to deliberately make yourself sad). So, I am really deep in this longing for him right now. I haven't pressed that icon to call him though and I'm wondering why would I?  Too many times we desire to alter emotions in their natural state. We're happy/sad, we drink to amplify the joy or escape the sadness. We're heartbroken and we immediately run to someone else to use a bandaid to mask that pain. We feel the absence of someone and we immediately wish to get rid of that sadness, a very natural feeling that comes with the en...

Image via HBO, Euphoria  I must preface this by saying I have not watched Euphoria in full, but I think anyone who is on twitter (like I was for the last 2 seasons) knows that you don’t need to tune in to know what’s going on. So not only did I think it was unnecessary to purchase a crave subscription to watch it, I also found the themes of the show to be a bit too heavy for my taste. However, I saw a scene from the newest episode and it really intrigued me so I decided what the hell, let’s write a think piece. Feel free, as a fan of the show, to disagree with my analysis.  Let's get into it. ~ Despite being known as the most annoying and surface level character, I actually find Cassie Howard (portrayed by Sydney Sweeney) to be the most complex of them all. I’d hate to add depth to Sam Levinson’s writing but I do find her extremely interesting.  Looking from the outside, your first impression is that she’s very male centred but I’d argue that she’s actually self centred m...

Amelia Dimoldenberg, the genius behind Chicken Shop Date, gave a speech at her alma mater's graduation ceremony and in it she said "If there is creativity in you it will find a way to be seen" (not verbatim).  During your life, or perhaps I should say during my life, there are these moments where I hear something and for some reason it's highlighted in my brain. Even if I don't know why right away, and her speech was one of those moments. So this blog is a way to allow that creativity a way to be seen so it no longer punishes me for keeping it locked up.  I have many thoughts, on many things, perhaps on everything and writing has always been an outlet for me for as long as I can remember. If you found me through my main instagram you're aware I've gone on several tangents expressing some of these thoughts, The Yaposphere is just a formalized extension of those rants and then some!  However, I am not oblivious to the state of the world; no one reads anymore...