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Cosplaying Vulnerability While Watching Love Island

Yes, I'm still talking about it.

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Ellie 🐝
Jul 21, 2025
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I just finished up my first year of grad school. Well, β€œjust” is an exaggeration. The semester ended a month ago, but this is the first time I stopped to really take that in. I’ve spent the last ten months generally holed-up, writing the first draft of a screenplay (all 145 pages) that still needs a lot of work, as well as close to ten drafts of a TV pi…

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