Josey Pickering

Joined November 2020

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Autistic, non-binary, queer horror nerd with a lot to say.

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Outside of Pride
When June ends and bleeds into July, I don't suddenly stop being queer. I don't suddenly pull my sexuality back into myself,
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Nancy Wheeler & Nancy Thompson - of the same coin
Minor spoilers for Stranger Things Season Four Ahead, you've been warned! I’ve heard that Nancy Wheeler (played by Natalia Dyer) of Stranger Things takes her name from scream queen icon and final girl, Nancy Thompson. However, prior to the current season, I didn’t personally see much in common beyond the shared name and soft pink sweaters. Just a nice little homage in a show filled with 80's iconography.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Geeks
After the confetti falls
After the confetti falls and I peel off my faux eyelashes is when I come crashing to reality. I was celebrated and surrounded
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Spectrum of Me
Though I come from many, I am only me. I am my own unique entity, no one else has my identity. Though sometimes it’s hard for me to speak,
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Ferris Wheel Love
I knew it was Love when the ocean winds whispered your name on that ferris wheel late at night & over the sea. I knew it was meant to be.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Autonomy
My body is no longer my own. I am just another community garden, ready to be sown. There is a uterus within me, that is no longer mine.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Hereditary
I have my mother’s nose and my father’s eyes. Dimples from my mother, Height from my father While both helped make me wise.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Dove Cameron Is Back At It With Breakfast
Ding! Ding! Breakfast is ready, you guys! Dove Cameron has released another steamy and satisfying single, this time feeding us all a hearty meal with Breakfast. Ditch the soggy oatmeal and dig into what Dove is serving up.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Beat
Siren
She moves like smoke against me, curling, twisting and turning midnight ballet. Lips red like cherry pits and broken hearts.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Heading West
I remember coming west just a kid in the backseat with a soaring imagination. I had Hollywood dreams and thought you walked the streets
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Wonderland
I stumbled down my own rabbit hole, But reality is my Wonderland. Like my brain resides on another planet, but my body exists in a mad tea party.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets
Father
Another year, another Father’s Day without you here. You helped give life to me, made me who I am & carved the path for who I’m meant to be.
By Josey Pickering4 years ago in Poets