introductions

hello all. this blog is a place for my incoherent ramblings, random thoughts that feel profound in the moment, observations, and whatever else feels right. 

cassandra is a name dear to my heart, chosen as my pseudonym because of my love and connection with the girl from the myths who was never believed. there is this inherent frustration, i find, with womanhood. this constant need to justify yourself, how you feel, what you know. its exhausting, gut-wrenching to have to prove what you know to be true when the words of the men in your life, the men who hold positions of power are taken as fact.

i invite you all on this journey, to respond, share, criticize, commiserate. this blog will be forever evolving, and i am excited to hear what people think, feel, love, and despise. 

i hold no assumption that anything i create will be remotely original, profound, or “good,” and i welcome all constructive, meaningful criticism. this is for me to grow as a writer, and find community. i have no intention to stagnate, and appreciate quality negative feedback over meaningless, empty praise.

this is not a promise of quality, of any sort of artistic merit, but what i write will be true to how i feel, and i think there’s something valuable there. some posts may feel like they are attempting and failing at quality, like they are reaching and grasping for truth and falling victim to over-dramaticization, tainted by the all-too familiar angst of a young woman. i will never apologize for how much i feel, for how strongly i express myself. there is power in refusing to shrink after hearing that you are “too much”- and this is something that i have been told all my life, and i have no expectations of that changing. i’m sure there are many others who can relate.

and finally, something i would like everyone to remember, as nuance is often lost on the internet: we are all people. let’s not villainize or generalize. take people at their best, assume ignorance before malicious intentions. however, this blog has no space for any of the “isms,” as you might say. any sort of blind, unseeing hatred will be met with a swift block.

this is an old blog repurposed: for those who still follow from my taylor blog days- you are welcome to stay or welcome to leave, though i hope you stay <3