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Deb's avatar

Meaningful and makes me self reflective ! Excellent

Mercy-Luxed's avatar

Writers have always needed attention. The internet just turned the theatre lights on all day. The real trick now is learning to use the machine without becoming its clown.

Anastasia Krogh's avatar

absolutely loved this piece! there’s so much of it I connect to, so glad you put it into words!

Madison Huizinga's avatar

Aw thank you so much <3!!

Caroline Beuley's avatar

Agree with all of this so much. Your English teacher sounds amazing btw. There is no greater thrill than being the anonymized class example essay. I think I've just been chasing that feeling ever since high school haha. Also, I too feel like a jester and a Great Clips banana man quite frequently.

Madison Huizinga's avatar

Ah yes, the validation from a curmudgeonly English teacher approving your work >

Viv Chen's avatar

loved this one! (I also had a giant hulking lenovo thinkpad in high school lol)

Madison Huizinga's avatar

Ty!! And Yasss and I literally always lost the stylus for mine 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Rach's avatar

‘Trying to break into journalism increasingly feels like trying to smuggle yourself aboard a sinking ship’ - ADORE this line, incredibly relatable as a journalist wannabe

Madison Huizinga's avatar

🫶🫶 thank you Rachel!

Valerie's avatar

brilliant as always Madison!

i love a meta battle with the self on the internet, about the internet

Madison Huizinga's avatar

Thank you <3! Was so inspired my your piece for this one!! ⭐️⭐️

Reminders to Myself's avatar

Congrats on the sponsorship!