by Angie Santamaria | Oct 4, 2020
(This is my cat, Audrey-Beatrice, and my great grandmother.) I’m tired this week, and I don’t feel like writing an insightful essay about the state of the world or politics. So please enjoy this essay about why I like cats more than dogs. Whenever I say...
by Angie Santamaria | Sep 13, 2020 |
TW: Language, Police brutality, Violence (Foreword: I was outraged when I wrote this. I thought about making this post a bit more palatable, but I then decided that I wanted to express the rawness in what I was feeling at that moment. While I standby the ideas...
by Angie Santamaria | Sep 6, 2020
In lieu of a healthy immune system during the worst global pandemic in decades, I have been thinking a lot about my death. Frequently, when people talk about death, it is dark and sad, but I have never really shared those sentiments. With holidays like Dia de Los...
by Angie Santamaria | May 3, 2020
Good evening! As you may or may not know, 2020 has been a dumpster fire that someone is slowly pouring more and more gasoline into. So, it would not be a far stretch to say that my mental health deteriorating, at best. 🙂 As such, I have been trying to find strategies...
by Angie Santamaria | Apr 12, 2020 |
I am fat. This is very evident if you have ever met me in person. I wear everything from size from 16 to 20 in dresses and XXL lingerie. I can’t wear jeans because they always end up pinching my love handles. My face is pudgy so that my cheeks push up against...
by Angie Santamaria | Feb 2, 2020 |
Foreward: Hi. Last semester’s blogs seemed to be focused on the external portions of my life. But, for this semester, my goal is to use this platform as a sort of weekly metacognitive check-in for myself. I hope that this forum does not turn into my soapbox. I...
by Angie Santamaria | Dec 8, 2019
*SPOILERS AHEAD* I finished watching “Her” a few hours ago. Honestly, I was not expecting to enjoy this movie as much as I did. I even needed a few hours to digest the movie before I could think of a way to articulate any commentary on this film. Even...
by Angie Santamaria | Nov 10, 2019 |
A couple of weeks ago I saw the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” downtown with a group of fellow queers I had previously met at the yoga club. In case you are a virgin (in this context, someone who has not yet seen Rocky Horror in person- which I would highly...
by Angie Santamaria | Oct 20, 2019 |
Hi guys. So, the last few blogs I have written have been depressing, at best. I want to take some time this week to reflect on something more fun and interesting: love and language (not to be confused with “love languages”). Also, I am still using tree...
by Angie Santamaria | Sep 15, 2019
Foreword: Hi, so this is a mild trigger warning as I plan to discuss mental health, suicide, and depression Whenever someone from “our” generation makes a passing comment about wanting to “off themselves” (or being ready for “the sweet...
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