Eric Budding’s Reviews > Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer > Status Update

“Being a good person has never been harder than it is right now. The Internet is rewarding bad behavior at an all-time high. Narcissists have caught on to therapy talk to masquerade selfishness as self-care. We are platforming problematic people merely because they are adding to the pop culture zeitgeist and lining their pockets while they get the last laugh.”

Oof.

“As a child, I had so romanticized the act of growing up, the littlest adult. Now I’ve made it here and it’s not at all how I imagined. I lie in bed wishing away this reality.”

Fairy Tuck Mother 🧚‍♀️