Archive - BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

The Horizontal Cult

On Longing, Friendship, and the Structure of Showing Up

Jul 7 •

June 2025

How to know if you should de-friend someone?

Defining the threshold when a relationship is no longer worth it.

Jun 30 •

There is Enough for YOU with Jennifer Pastiloff

A recording from Carissa Potter's live video

Jun 26 •

and

Jennifer Pastiloff

1:33:53

I have a crush on...

Curtis Sittenfeld. Her new short stories will make you feel things.

Jun 16 •

and

Curtis Sittenfeld

46:04

Start Where You Are.

Some notes on beginnings. Snake Conclusion Next Week.

Jun 2 •

May 2025

I was searching for a sign... and then it came.

A snake in the studio.

May 27 •

What is enoughness?

Mutual longing for more with Ruthie Ackerman

May 19 •

and

Ruthie Ackerman

45:39

Can I hold your baby?

The Weight and Wonder of Mother’s Day

May 12 •

I am so lucky, but this is fucking hard.

On making art when no one asked you.

May 7 •

April 2025

The Short Magnificent Life of Flowers

Love Letter To a Garden by Debbie Millman

Apr 24 •

and

41:32

Our stories are not over.

Some thoughts on what happens next.

Apr 21 •

I am a gaslighter

But can we change our patterns?

Apr 14 •

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