Category: JENNA’S JOURNALS

Protected: I Am That, And That I Am

Jenna July 26, 2023 No Comments

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Anger Becomes Her

Jenna November 29, 2021 No Comments

I have been suppressing my emotions for as long as I can remember. I never felt quite safe enough to feel them, and my lizard brain still wants to tell

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This Is Your Family

Jenna November 7, 2021 1 Comment

People have said this to me my whole life, like that is supposed to mean that I have to comply or even care. They say it in a way that

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Pink, It’s My New Obsession

Jenna October 30, 2021 No Comments

Actually, pink is the official color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This shit is no joke, and super fucking scary to have to go through. Mine was benign, thank God,

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37 Lessons Learned

Jenna October 19, 2021 No Comments

Lemony Snicket had a series of unfortunate events. Me? I had a myriad of fuck-ups, many moments of either falling on my ass or showing it. This seems to be

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Catcalling & Consent

Jenna October 9, 2021 No Comments

I’m so tired. Tired of being sexualized, and then shamed for being sexual. This has happened to me my whole life. I don’t think my story is original. It’s just

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We’re All Mad Here

Jenna October 6, 2021 1 Comment

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries hat-makers would routinely use mercury nitrate during production, and exposure to this metal over time caused these tradesmen to go slightly insane.

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Four Other F-Words

Jenna September 28, 2021 2 Comments

One thing I learned very early on in my therapy/wellness journey, or whatever we are calling it these days, is that when I get super anxious my body switches over

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Punctuation

Jenna September 24, 2021 No Comments

I have a love / hate relationship with semicolons. I want to get one tattooed on my body, and I refuse to write with them. I won’t use them in

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Peach: A Cat of Many Lives

Jenna September 7, 2021 No Comments

We never meant to get a second cat. Hell! I don’t even think that we meant to get the first one for that matter. Two wonderful, happy accidents, I suppose.

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