Archive - The Espresso Shot

how to live a more balanced and focused life

coffee break, fourteen ☆ june and july

Aug 3 •

July 2025

what if my parents hadn't immigrated?

what ifs, split selves, pierre bourdieu, and a daydreamed life

Jul 29 •

thirty things to do and books to read before i turn thirty years old!

Jul 21 •

female cannibalism films, graves' disease, and abjection

Jul 10 •

June 2025

coffee break, thirteen: a spring wrap up

Jun 22 •

April 2025

my mother wants to be loved too

parental personhood and inherited loneliness

Apr 6 •

coffee break, twelve: learning to be alone

february and march

Apr 1 •

February 2025

coffee break, eleven: a january recap

temperamental january, an abundance of media, and yet another change (to this newsletter column)

Feb 1 •

January 2025

landscape with loneliness

bruegel, murakami, man ray, and thinking through the dimensions of loneliness

Jan 22 •

October 2024

the spooky autumn kit

autumn guide, spooky scary version

Oct 30, 2024 •

the cozy autumn kit

a guide to all things cozy and autumnal: books, music, video games, and more

Oct 3, 2024 •

September 2024

sip & study 1: the white terror

forty years of martial law in taiwan

Sep 15, 2024 •

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