Category: JENNA’S JOURNALS

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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Women’s Equality

Jenna August 26, 2021 No Comments

I find it quite fitting that Women’s Equality Day (8/26) is during Virgo season. Or maybe it’s some terrible astrological joke considering its symbol is the Virgin (Mary). The definition

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Cat’s Night

Jenna August 17, 2021 No Comments

As the Irish folklore goes, a witch could turn herself into a cat. On August 17, she transformed for the ninth time, and was unable to turn herself back. This

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Jenna, You Should…

Jenna August 10, 2021 No Comments

Do this. Do that. Go left. Turn right. Fuuuuuuuuck. Can I ever do anything right? According to everyone else, no. Isn’t that what we are taught growing up? To be

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For the Children

Jenna July 23, 2021 No Comments

First it was all the abortion laws. We were told it was to protect the children, an unborn life, forgetting about the women suffering over their labors. The mother could

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