Essays and Bad Ideas

After five years, one of my favorite things about Tumblr is still the moment when I’m followed by a Very Clean Girl blog.

Y’know… all the photos of flowers, and fruit, and healthy meal ideas, and fancy cupcakes, and cute animals… a sprinkling of inspirational quotes, maybe the occasional yoga pose, often a little apparel-company “power to the she” workout GIF, and a collection of modest selfies. Absolutely nothing that could offend, or make its creator seem anything other than a positive, focused, put-together individual, ready to take on the world.

But I’m looking at it, and all I can think is “Heh. I can seeeeeeee you.”