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girlfictions · 1 year

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jenny zhang, in an interview with thora siemsen

#i adore adore adore jenny zhang #my url was half inspired by this interview HAHA #i strongly recommend sour heart to anyone whose interested in her writing!!#jenny zhang #words

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moonstoast · 2 years

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—girlhood

girlhood by stevie edwards // mauvais gout // sour girl by jenny zhang // image from pinterest // churching by k-ming chang // ron hicks // reviving ophelia by mary pipher // ? // nailone on deviantart // brand new city by mitski

#web weave #web weaving #words #art #prose #writing #ron hicks #reviving ophelia #mitski #lyrics #girlhood #on girlhood #comparatives #stevie edwards #jenny zhang #pinterest

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folkloregirlfriend · 1 year

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girlhood calcifying into this bruised adulthood.

nothing new, taylor swift // @seravph // drop kick aria, sally wen mao // the unabridged journals of sylvia plath // sugar, spice and everything nice, d.s. // girlhood, stevie edwards // jenny zhang // would've could've should've, taylor swift // churching, kristin chang // @nipplering // taylor swift // seven, taylor swift // girlhood is godhood, mimi evangeline @tenderfaery // everything is illuminated, jonathan safran foer

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doomedbythenarrator · 11 months

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hatching / pahanhautoja (2022) - “a girl in the shape of a monster, a monster in the shape of a girl”

jenny zhang // hatching // aria aber // unknown // hatching // lisa marie basile // camille norton // hatching // unknown // sophokles // hatching

#webweaving #webweave #poetry #fragments #hatching #quotes #pahanhautoja #jenny zhang #aria aber #lisa marie basile #camille norton #sophokles #mine <3 #i love this film sm

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asoftepiloguemylove · 10 months

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suddenly childhood ended and now i am supposed to know how to live

Franz Wright Entry In An Unknown Hand / Elena Ferrante (tr. Ann Goldstein) Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (via @luthienne) / Jenny Zhang How It Feels / Anna Kamienska Astonishments / unknown / Gabrielle Bates & Jennifer S. Cheng So We Must Meet Apart / W. Todd Kaneko The Day After / image; SZA Blind / Ethel Cain Dog Days / @darkerthanerebus / pinterest

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myspacelolit4 · 1 year

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[on girlhood and those who disrupt it]

give me back my girlhood, it was mine first, me // Sassy, December 1993 // Tell the Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt // Juno (2007) dir. Jason Reitman // Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve, Taylor Swift // Untitled (from the Potlatch Series), unknown artist // Sour Girl, Jenny Zhang // No te necesito, Iurhi Peña // unknown artist

#yes this is my first shot at web weaving #and yes im putting a piece of my own on it #on girlhood #webweaving #web weaving #sassy magazine #tell the wolves i'm home #carol rifka brunt #juno #juno 2007 #juno movie #would’ve could’ve should’ve #taylor swift #sour girl #jenny zhang #collage #collage artwork #collage artist #collage art

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devdas5z · 24 days

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Zhang Jiani

#zhang jiani #jenny zhang #pink satin gloves #satin gloves #gloves #pink satin gown #ball gown #asian beauty #asian #elegant #fashion

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thelonguepuree · 2 years

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Q: I was re-reading your essay “How it Feels,” and there’s the part where you write, “Maybe it’s humiliating to attempt anything.” How do you move past that feeling, which could prevent someone from putting work out there in the first place? A: I think the main thing is to let go of the idea of greatness. Wanting to be great is really limiting. Wanting to be great, wanting to be perfect, wanting to wow and to stun and to dazzle—letting go of that is the most important thing. You have to both be incredibly willing to be humbled and also, at the same time, hold an incredible high level of delusion. The high level of delusion is what allows you to keep writing and to want to share it with the world. But you also have to accept that it might not mean anything to other people, or that you might be writing so esoterically or so privately that other people have no way of entering into your ideas.

Jenny Zhang

#jenny zhang #writing #literary embarrassment

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sinligh · 2 years

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Clawing into reality With the desire to detach fogging my consciousness…

Its is harder than its believed to be and I have my broken nails to confirm that.

Tonight it felt more like gnawing on an invisible leash.

So i placed my hand On my own chest.

defatted, i let the heat beneath it still it to numbness.

A stronger power placed the taste of weathering on the tip of my tongue and in a reciprocating motion i moved my hand searching for a way to reach it only to touch the radiant abyss that is swelling inside me

It induced tingles on my fingertips.

And like magic I raised it to my eyelids placing heaviness on top of them

playing a trick that made them panic and believe in the darkness as an only option.

Still and all, choosing to drift off and away far from the nightmare of reality

Seemed like the only way to survive and fall into a dreamless land

With only broken nails and the guilt of white lies

to hold on as a casualty.

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• Quotes: Heather Havrilesky/ Molly McCully Brown/ Warsan Shire/ Virginia Woolf/ Jenny Zhang/ Mary Oliver/ Albert Camus.

•Original context: Sinligh

•Art reference:

1. Laura Makabresku And Death In A Magical Land. 2. Witold Pruszkowski, Falling star, 1884. 3. Harpy, an art print by Betty Jiang. 4. Art by Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl.

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girlwithlandscape · 5 months

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“I think the main thing is to let go of the idea of greatness. Wanting to be great is really limiting. Wanting to be great, wanting to be perfect, wanting to wow and to stun and to dazzle—letting go of that is the most important thing…. Everyone is constantly trying to articulate the secret languages in their head to the outside world. If your language is too secret, then no one can understand; if your language is completely public, then there’s no mystery. There’s no longer the pleasure of decoding.”

— Jenny Zhang

#quote #jenny zhang #creative process #only connect #writing #advice

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illcit-affairs · 9 months

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Sour Heart is a collection of short stories that portray the experiences of several Chinese immigrant families in the United States. From my point of view, Jenny Zhang made an exquisite choice of title, because throughout the book, the stories have sour, jaw-locking undertones.

The first tale is told from the perspective of a child who has been dragged into all that confusion without having choice. Christina tells about the different precarious properties she has lived in, about hunger, about the illicit ways her parents found to survive in the country of freedom. The girl presents the apartment they shared with about 10 other people, all sleeping together in the living room and that is the thread that connects all the other stories: all the stories in the book involve people who passed through this apartment. There are passages from other characters who mention Christina, without even having to use her name.

Although I found all this genius, still the violence and cruelty described in the book made me uncomfortable, not giving me such a good experience; but overall, an incredible book that helps us understand the reality of immigrants in the United States, described by someone who has been in this situation.

#books #books and reading #book recommendations #bookstan #books and literature #livros #booktok #books & libraries #book blog #bookshelf #sour heart #jenny zhang #chinese literature #american literature

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bookaddict24-7 · 1 year

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