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  • THE BLEAK TIMES: 1/4/2024

    a psych ward memoir by Bela Z. Bela & I were “psych ward twins.” (BPD-addled transgender ketamine fiends) We were hospitalized for similar reasons, & she journaled religiously throughout her stay. She discharged before me, headed to out-of-state residential, & gave me her journal to publish. Its contents made her uncomfortable, but she felt people…

  • CÀ PHÊ TRỨNG – Vietnamese Egg Coffee

    Eggs!? in coffee!?! To a Western (okay, white American) audience, eggs in coffee may seem bizarre, but I promise it makes sense. Created in Hanoi due to dairy shortages during the First Indochina War, this unique coffee is still popular in Vietnam today. The recipe for the egg foam is very similar to that of…

  • THE BLEAK TIMES: 1/3/2024

    a psych ward memoir by Bela Z. Bela & I were “psych ward twins.” (BPD-addled transgender ketamine fiends) We were hospitalized for similar reasons, & she journaled religiously throughout her stay. She discharged before me, headed to out-of-state residential, & gave me her journal to publish. Its contents made her uncomfortable, but she felt people…

  • THE BLEAK TIMES: 1/2/2024

    a psych ward memoir by Bela Z. Bela & I were “psych ward twins.” (BPD-addled transgender ketamine fiends) We were hospitalized for similar reasons, & she journaled religiously throughout her stay. She discharged before me, headed to out-of-state residential, & gave me her journal to publish. Its contents made her uncomfortable, but she felt people…

  • Scar Tissue

    by r0z Scar Tissue was originally written several years ago, as a semi-autobiographical retelling of the events immediately following my psychiatric hospitalization. It was a strange, scary experience that I wanted to remember, as painful as it might be. In lieu of something more akin to a memoir I instead chose to focus more on…

  • THE BLEAK TIMES: 1/1/2024

    a psych ward memoir by Bela Z. Bela & I were “psych ward twins.” (BPD-addled transgender ketamine fiends) We were hospitalized for similar reasons, & she journaled religiously throughout her stay. She discharged before me, headed to out-of-state residential, & gave me her journal to publish. Its contents made her uncomfortable, but she felt people…