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THE BATTLE FOR MODeRN 1923

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Melony Ppenosyne

Flommist Melony Ppenosyne is a writer and weird artist type. In the last year alone, she’s traveled to Virginia as a competing poet, co-written a play on mental illness that is presently being produced, and crafted a published essay checking the privilege and scope of art galleries.

Melony Ppenosyne
Tue 1 Feb 2022

grey areas

I’ve talked about it on other platforms, but I had a series of tiktoks explode last week (I mean, explode on my

Melony Ppenosyne
Sun 12 Dec 2021

my personal business

I’m sick of not talking about certain aspects of my life, that’s it. I’m gonna say it. Spends hour writing about events and

Melony Ppenosyne
Wed 8 Dec 2021

dressing rooms now

jcpenney: We can’t have all the dressing rooms open because of the pandemic. me: Sure. Makes sense. jcpenney: Instead, we can only have

Melony Ppenosyne
Wed 20 Oct 2021

authentic sacramento: a spoiler-free prolog to extra’s pizza

I don’t know if this is a pet peeve for others the way it is for me, but I absolutely detest when

Melony Ppenosyne
Fri 15 Oct 2021

o lords of the land,

Don’t say one single fucking word in defense of landlords to or around me. I’m so fed up of these fucking leeches

Melony Ppenosyne
Thu 7 Oct 2021

empire of decoration

Fuckass has been yelling for months at this point, “PLEASE LET’S BUY A BUNCH OF POLYMER CLAY AND START A DECORATION EMPIRE!” And

Melony Ppenosyne
Wed 22 Sep 2021

lone star bad faith bureaucracy

Dylan said I explained this well, so lemme try and recreate it here. The “American Taliban” reaction to what’s playing out in Texas

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 27 Mar 2021

avidan

I was 28 when I met Dylan, who was 20. We started dating two months before his 21st. I was concerned about

Melony Ppenosyne
Fri 26 Mar 2021

emotional support boys

So it’s probably a fair rule that if you were ever my emotional support celebrity, you’re predatory. Cut to me scrolling down

Melony Ppenosyne
Tue 23 Mar 2021

nervous systems

Saw a TikTok last night that was explaining how neurodivergent people have interest-driven nervous systems while neurotypical people have importance-driven nervous systems

Melony Ppenosyne
Sun 31 Jan 2021

do you want to end up laundering money for strangers because this is how you end up laundering money for strangers

Entirely too many actual human adults: Oh of course I’ll apply for this job! Sure, it’s a payroll management job that pays through

Melony Ppenosyne
Mon 31 Aug 2020

it’s broken on purpose

“Trump could shoot BLM in the middle of Fifth Avenue and there are still leftists who wouldn’t vote for Biden. SMH.” —Don

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 22 Aug 2020

people who wear masks

I’m watching the Watchmen series and can’t stop thinking about how Steve Blackman was just like “fuck this is so good I have to

Melony Ppenosyne
Fri 14 Aug 2020

election year just got real, or have we seen this all before?

Appointing a cop as your Vice President while the left has spent the summer openly protesting police brutality and corruption is such

Melony Ppenosyne
Tue 4 Aug 2020

‘the less you know about history, the easier it is to imagine you’d always be on the right side of it’

“You can’t reduce a person’s freedom from slavery down to what is basically a Jimmy Johns punch card.” —John Oliver, Last Week Tonight,

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 13 Jun 2020

abolition now – not decades from now

I’m realizing something. People that want the world to be a better place, concede that it has to happen in steps because

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 30 May 2020

this is not a fluke at all

I am seeing SO many people vouch for the death penalty for the cop who murdered George Floyd. This is not some

Melony Ppenosyne
Wed 6 May 2020

last week in rancho cordova

My hometown doesn’t always make national news, but when it does – last week – it’s because a cop beat a 14

Melony Ppenosyne
Fri 20 Mar 2020

distancing socially, oh boy

Dylan and I were talking last night about expectations of productivity in this time of social distancing, and he had sage words: “I’ve

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 1 Feb 2020

cut!

So I saw Uncut Gems (2019) with literally no knowledge of the plot. It was simultaneously masterfully crafted and the worst movie going

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 18 Jan 2020

and what better sign of fandom and following than fanfiction??

“Friendfiction is simple. We get two comedians. They talk about themselves. Then, we have a third comedian who has spent the month

Melony Ppenosyne
Thu 16 Jan 2020

the carrot goes in front

Actual conversation I had today: him: We need 25 to a stack and we have 18. me: So 7 more. him: No. 25. me: *calculating

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 7 Dec 2019

aaaaaaaaa

Here’s the thing about gender transition, from your local non-binary pal who really should get on the pronoun shift already but aaaa

Melony Ppenosyne
Sat 23 Nov 2019

‘thus … the squad was born!’

“The right wing ghouls accidentally made a cool ass video promoting the left once again.” —Hasan Piker Please watch this to the

Melony Ppenosyne
Sun 29 Sep 2019

poetry, moderately balmy

me, 2010: Poetry sucks. 2011: Okay poetry sucks but I like Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. 2013: Actually I really like poetry, I’m gonna