Vivian Rose
Bio
I'm still getting a feel for what I like and where my talent lies, but I'm glad to have you along for the ride! My work is going to be like a talent showcase for the time being, ranging from poetry to blog posts to personal essays.
Stories (14)
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Overcoming Awkward
The truth is, I like to think I like who I am. And yet, when I enter a new situation, I hide her. I need to test the waters first. Which version of me will be accepted here? Is it safe to express myself authentically? Despite reality, my answer to the latter question is often no. I fear judgment. I mean, no one likes feeling judged. But not everyone lets that dictate who they are in a crowd.
By Vivian Rose20 days ago in Psyche
A Note on Nuance
Friends, I really need to stop scrolling Instagram. Nothing good ever comes of it. This time, I decided to look for a little validation of my aromantic identity. It's nice to have reminders here and there that I'm not the only person on the planet with this experience, okay? Anyway, I found this account where someone was posting about being aromantic, but still feeling romantic attraction. On the surface, that sounds like it isn't aromanticism, and I understand why it sounds that way. But the comments section was a cesspool. Go figure, they always are. As with anything in life, aromanticism is much more complicated below the surface, and this creator's 3-second video couldn't do that justice.
By Vivian Roseabout a month ago in Pride
Rebirth
The worst day of my mother's life was the day I was born. How do I know this? Quite simply, because she tells me in these exact words every year on my birthday. It's not because something's wrong with our relationship; it's because of the process she had to go through to bring me into this world. Childbirth is notoriously painful, and apparently I was determined to make it especially hard on my mother, who was trying her best to have a natural birth. I was not properly positioned, and I had grown to 11 lbs. For those of you unfamiliar with prenatal positioning, when it is improper, it can complicate any birth by increasing the medical risk. Yikes! With that context, it's easy to imagine how that memory came to live on as the worst in my mother's personal history.
By Vivian Rose5 months ago in Humans
Wardrobe Reset
Y'all - it's time for a massive wardrobe overhaul. I am moving back in with my parents in New York after having lived in Georgia for 3 years, which means that my divided wardrobe is about to be no longer, well, divided. And, even though I've fully embraced the principles of minimalism, I feel like my closet has gotten out of hand again. That, or maybe it was never what I wanted it to be in the first place. I have been waiting a long time to get started on this project. I'm not entirely ready to consolidate everything yet because I'll be living in Florida until September, but now I have a vision that does not require me to wait any longer to get started. As a matter of fact, this vision I'm about to present here is going to be my guideline for figuring out exactly what I want.
By Vivian Rose5 months ago in Styled
Return to the Recipe Box
When I was a child, I remember my mother printing online recipes and filing them away in a binder. She would often ask me to find and print one for her while she hovered over the counter chopping vegetables. Of course, this was not her sole source of inspiration. She'd often put cooking shows on TV, and her cabinets were full of cookbooks and one small, distinct brown box containing recipes in various scripts of handwriting. Some belonged to my grandmother, others to my aunts. All were delicious.
By Vivian Rose11 months ago in Motivation
