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Zana
is 15% done
“The horrible truth: Georgia is not as pretty as me— this is an objective fact. And yet she matches with more men than I ever did. Why do I only match with men my color or darker, whereas Georgia racks up the entire United Nations? Why do the men of Stanford prefer a girl with no lips?”
Girl why are you like this
— Jun 22, 2026 08:58PM
Girl why are you like this
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Zana’s Previous Updates
Zana
is 21% done
“It’s not very interesting to talk about one’s parents, I say. I think there is a reason they are killed off in children’s books. Because how are you supposed to change your life if adults are on your ass?”
Damn girl
— 21 hours, 34 min ago
Damn girl
Zana
is 19% done
“I remember how, back in middle school, when I was pathetic, I’d have crushes on boys who didn’t like me back. Still, I would befriend them, give them advice for how to woo their real crushes, girls on the cheer squad, because I wanted so desperately to feel loved, even secondhand.”
Oh no
— Jun 23, 2026 11:42AM
Oh no
Zana
is 19% done
“I love Georgia, but white girls always choose each other—a fact of physics as inalterable as gravity.”
Lol damn
— Jun 23, 2026 11:34AM
Lol damn
Zana
is 17% done
“Do you think we’re acting like a real couple? I say. There’s actually a literal epidemic of Indian girls dating Jewish people. My mom thinks we get along well with you guys. Like, we have similar family values, apparently.”
👁️👄👁️
— Jun 22, 2026 10:10PM
👁️👄👁️
Zana
is 16% done
“He’s referring to you by your initials, says Georgia. That means you’re a real writer.”
Them's the rules
— Jun 22, 2026 09:39PM
Them's the rules
Zana
is 16% done
“I figure out when Georgia and Derek are having sex because I have Georgia’s location on my phone and she becomes stationary for a while. She is a prone blue dot, unavailable to respond to my texts or make jokes about his dead-fish face.”
Girl
— Jun 22, 2026 09:24PM
Girl
Zana
is 14% done
“I imagine my mother and father at our four-seater table. A feast of my least favorite foods. And this makes me sound like a diasporic poet, but I wish I could make her happy like a round yellow mango. I can’t remember the last time I did that.”
I'm probably the last Asian to learn about mango diaspora poetry
— Jun 22, 2026 08:17PM
I'm probably the last Asian to learn about mango diaspora poetry
Zana
is 14% done
“He cut me a fresh mango from the garden, Mom says. And for lunch, I made all the foods you don’t like to eat. Like salty upma. Appa was so happy. We are free now to eat whatever we like.”
Yikes
— Jun 22, 2026 08:14PM
Yikes
Zana
is 12% done
“Sex with Esme is a whole different beast than sex with Trevor Yates. There is no sweaty thrusting, no penis like a secret, sentient little alien.”
Sentient??
— Jun 22, 2026 07:47PM
Sentient??
Zana
is 12% done
“It is just that, from a literary standpoint, sleeping with someone is better than sleeping with nobody at all.”
She might have a point here 🤔
— Jun 22, 2026 07:47PM
She might have a point here 🤔
