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Today consisted of pop tarts and shame spirals.
Feb 17

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The recluse
I am struggling with feelings of overexposure.
Feb 15
“Princess Tire”
Out of place vs. out of time
Feb 14
Ways to move out of freeze
A list of recent attempts
Feb 9
Wavelength (continued)
It’s Saturday night.
Feb 8
The feeling of being followed
Friday: By now, I can’t slow down.
Feb 8
Traversing misery and detachment
Monday:
Feb 4
Showing vs. telling
I’m still teaching theory, by the way—tracing Berlant’s influence.
Feb 2
Wavelength (in progress)
Attraction is a rare and precious mineral—I assumed this was true for everyone.
Feb 1
Being in loss
Something about trying not to think about the way my ex’s hands usually felt (good, most of the time), meant that I spent most of the day remembering…
Feb 1
Time for salt
This writing project involves an attempt to return to my mother tongue (being pseudovulnerable on the internet, or something like that).
Jan 31
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All optimism is cruel
(Some optimism is toxic)
Jan 29
Queer negativity
Between queer failure and cruel optimism — language for queer existence in an era that promises “it gets better” as things actually, get much, much…
Dec 11, 2024

a triptych (/ˈtrɪptɪk/ TRIP-tik)

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No. 3 - V/R, R.
very respectfully
Oct 22, 2024
No. 2 - 0.25
0.25
Oct 22, 2024
No. 1 - Aspiring umarell
I did not mean to start writing behind a paywall, I only wanted to run away and never come back.
Oct 22, 2024
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