Jennifer Espinoza
poet / lovergirl
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- being a lowkey “assimilated” transsexual woman right now feels insane and psychedelic. i’m simultaneously living a “can she have it all” girlbossy rom-com alongside a grim political drama about my impending extermination
- Anyone mind if I double down on a bad habit in the midst of some turmoil?
- Might fuck around and allow myself to feel a bunch of difficult feelings and then move on before I get stuck in them
- What is it like to have family from whom you can ask for financial help? Or a rich spouse? Or a nice little trust fund? Oh, how I wish I were a trust fund poet.
- Being a working poet trying to find time, money, and energy to put towards doing the bare minimum of events and readings to promote my book is breaking me fr
- When I was a child I used to see how long I could hold my arm against the metal playground bars on a hot day and now as an adult I do the same thing but with unbearable situations
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- Dear friends — I am moving this weekend and have been recently hit with some unexpected expenses. I could use a hand in order to get settled comfortably into my new place — if you have anything to spare, I would greatly appreciate it!! 💕
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- Wrote a short story about a troubled young man and a strange dream he has one night — link in bio
- poem
- The phrase “who care” is both a motto and a prayer
- poem
- Got my hair cut for the first time in a year and then immediately after had to go home and sleep for an hour just to process the new reality this minor change to my appearance entails. Love being a girl.
- Chat, if I’m doing monotherapy with injectable e and my labs come back at 364 pg/ml should I be worried about potential health effects? Or is this ideal considering I’m not on any anti-androgens?
- Teaching a workshop this weekend - reply if you’d like to join :)
- So gay and annoying how “We accept the love we think we deserve” continues to be a core truth at the center of life
- My vulnerability and open-hearted nature exist for people who don’t punish me for it
- a man will casually try to ruin your entire life and then will be the first person to watch every single one of your IG stories
- The greatest sin is to have no sense of other people
- Reposted by Jennifer EspinozaNew workshop piece from last night's class with @sadqueer4life.bsky.social & @eileendotnet.bsky.social!
- (joy division voice) she’s crashing out again
- Saw Nosferatu and have truly never experienced a bigger gap between the way people are talking about a movie online vs the actual film, and that’s saying a lot
- Reposted by Jennifer EspinozaThis weekend with @sadqueer4life.bsky.social ✨ Speaking from the Shadows: A Writing Workshop Sunday, December 29 at 4 pm Pacific Time 90 minutes / virtual $30 tuition (pay-what-you-can is always available!)
- Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate….
- Poem
- Snuck away from the Christmas party :)
- cause of death: attempted to understand his thought process
- many such cases
- it really is impossible to be cute and aggrieved at the same time
- Reposted by Jennifer EspinozaI went on poetry tour through New Mexico with Sara Ellen Fowler and @sadqueer4life.bsky.social and fell in love with these shades of blue
- bro why the FUCK am i still on your close friends stories
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- This meeting could’ve been a holiday party
- living a life ruled by fear, but in a cute way
- holding space
- lately i’ve been reacting to things by gasping “my word!” while gently touching my palm to my chest
- we love to unconsciously recreate a toxic little pattern
- watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind alone in bed on a saturday night and having a great time
- next year is the year i am finally going to maximize my girlboss potential
- poem
