Thumbs Down, Crying Eyes
In my iPhone, hidden among the pre-packaged, processed verbiage of my text
threads and emails, probably buried somewhere beneath the emoji, I keep an
arsenal of verbs I stumble upon. They’re relics
Ashley Abramson
Ashley Abramson is a writing coach and freelancer whose natural habitat is any combination of words and people. Editor of <i>Tapestry Magazine</i>, Ashley has also written for RELEVANT, <i>Scary Mommy
The Landscape of Joy in a Fast-Happy Society
Pseudo-spiritual self-help memoirs line bookstore shelves, instructing us how to
use our breath to get happy. Hot Yoga classes with a side of watered-down
Buddhism shape our bodies and minds, selling self-actualization like
Already, Not Yet
I dare you to scroll any vein of social media for thirty seconds without
colliding with authenticity. If you do so successfully, I applaud you for
somehow finding a trapdoor from the confusing