Jillian Spiridon
Bio
just another writer with too many cats
twitter: @jillianspiridon
Stories (325/0)
- Top Story - June 2021
By an Illusion's Fickle ThreadTop Story - June 2021
I sift through the panels of prospective partners and wonder just what the hell my mother was thinking with this charade. The pictures don't matter—women showing off their teeth in white arrays, hairstyles that defy the imagination (and gravity), too little or too much make-up from the Generation Markets—but I find myself searching for something. That something, well, perhaps I don't exactly know what it is yet.
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Fiction
Being Asexual in a Hypersexual World
It's not easy to be asexual in a world that loves sex. You're bombarded by it at every corner: the magazine covers, the advertisements, the movie trailers, the music, the media at large. It's hard not to look at all of it and think, "Am I wrong for not wanting this?"
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Pride
Playing at Being a Writer
As someone who's been writing since high school, it's still hard to justify my "hobby" (because that's what it is, whether I like it or not) to the people around me—especially those who just want me to settle down with a good job that will provide a pension for retirement. Once, I had high aspirations to be a novelist—even the word sounds important—but as the years pass by, I'm becoming disenchanted. It seems that books themselves aren't selling how they once did either. I guess the allure of Netflix is just too strong.
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Journal
Project Narrative
Are you a story lover who doesn't have the time to invest in reading that new bestselling novel everyone's talking about? Do you crave new stories outside of what you can stream on Netflix while sitting on the couch? Do you want to support writers and creators in a more focused way? Would you rather have a physical copy than something hard to read on a screen? Then you need the subscription box Narrative in your life.
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Journal
Dancing with the Bad Boys
I have a thing for the bad boys—at least when they're safely within the realm of fictional content. It's been a problem for a while, but I think it's only getting worse with age since I'm still finding myself caught up in the stories that feature tortured men who feel a bit too deeply and who make all the wrong choices in pursuit of their goals. (I'll be counting Kylo Ren from the Star Wars sequel trilogy on that count; thanks, Disney!)
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Geeks
I Want a Job That Doesn't Feel Like a Job
I have been looking for a full-time job since December 2020, and the outlook feels more bleak with each round of applications I send out. Out of well over 200 applications, I have been called for only two interviews thus far. I don't know how many different iterations I've written of a cover letter, but I'm sure those list in the dozens too. I've even tried to format my resume in a plethora of varieties just to spice things up. And this is with having taken Business Writing courses in college.
By Jillian Spiridon3 years ago in Journal