this is a candy corn stan account

This is also a GloRilla stan account that loves good storytelling

Photo by Mary Jane Duford on Unsplash

Let’s get right to the shit since some of you who are anti-candy corn like to be so aggressive about it online.

This is a candy corn stan account.

I fucking love candy corn. I like mellowcreme too.

Listen.

There are so many other candies you could hate on before you even reach candy corn. Candy corn is just sitting there minding its business and being extra sugary and sweet.

Circus Peanuts, however, are actively committing assault on people’s taste buds, and everyone walking around acting like nothing is happening.

Peeps running around here tasting like marshmallows dipped in a combination of acid and crystallized dish soap, and y’all are pretending like that’s normal.

Who is keeping Astro Pops in business, and what are you doing?!

I get it. Candy corn is not your thing. So be it. Go enjoy whatever candy it is that you actually do like. You don’t have to hate on candy corn lovers to make your favorite candy taste good.

Or do you?

creatively, i’m high

I am overflowing with ideas right now, and I have been scribbling notes in my bullet journal more often than usual, and this is a good thing for so many reasons.

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good storytelling

Last week, I read “Am I writing like a n-word?” by

Andrew Ricketts

over at big black commentary, and it was delicious. Not a word was wasted. It was open and honest, and Andrew sold it the story from the very beginning.

I love good storytelling.

I’m probably biased, but I love deeply personal writing with good storytelling. Don’t get me wrong; fiction is also my jam, but there is something about the personal essay written like an episode of television or a best-selling novel that makes me happy.

we finna always be talking about white people

Andrew mentioned that his essay was partially inspired by

Arden Yum

’s essay “Am I writing like a white woman?”

I’ve read Arden’s essay twice, and I feel like I’m still digesting it. It opens the door to so many conversations — including the way Substack as a platform seems to elevate mostly white voices.

I’ve yet to come across a post from a Black person in any of the “Top” lists in my feed.

That isn’t to say there aren’t or haven’t ever been any; I’ve just yet to see them.

I don’t want to whittle Arden’s work down to that one point because there is so much more to unpack there, and she linked to a lot of good writing by other people and spoke with several more who give us additional threads to unravel in this conversation that seems to never go away no matter what platform we are on.

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Yeah, Glo!

I’m just now getting a chance to sit down with GloRillia’s GLORIOUS, and I’m enjoying it. I want to give it more spins before I add my opinions to the discussion; I think y’all already know I’m a stan of our Memphis niece, so I’m going to turn up for her every time, and the first listen had me hitting repeat on a few songs.

Also, Glo is a July Leo just like me.

I respect the energy she comes with.

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That’s all for now

I’ll be back soon to shenan again.