Originally writen on Substack, published on October 27, 2026:
An image that I created to accompany the poem, with my painting Attachment (the cover of the book!!) as the background. I’m thinking I want to sell posters of this soon!
The following poem is currently going viral on my Instagram reels (watch it here) with 106k views and climing! It’s from my third illustrated poetry book called Love Propaganda 🫀.
uncool girl
I’m not a cool girl.
I know I look like one but
I’m
not.
I’m a
stare-at-the-phone-until-
you-text-me-back girl,
a count-the-number-of-
exclamation-points-in-your-text girl,
a tell-you-I-love-you-too-soon girl,
a smother-you-until-you-love-me-back-too girl,
an obsessive, overthinking,
head-over-heels-for-you girl.
I’m not a cool girl, no,
it’s true,
but I’m also a can’t-be-replaced girl,
make-you-feel-cool girl,
love-you-until-you-no-longer-love-me girl.
I’m not a cool girl.
I’m so much more.
Sometimes even,
too much
for you.
This is one of the poems from the book I’ve been writing:
I wrote Love Propaganda while coming out of a toxic relationship. Growing up, I was continually told that the formula to being happy was securing a relationship, getting married, and having kids. But these ideas didn’t lead me to happiness; they became a prison instead. Love Propaganda is an illustrated collection of poems that analyzes the societal constraints that women experience. Love, longing, heartbreak, past memories, beauty standards, and institutions, have all held me back in some way. But, there is a way for us to break through these constraints and reclaim power for ourselves.
OUT NOW!!
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