Terrible Writing

Before Netflix's "You," There Was My Diary's "You"


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To all the boys I loved before,

“You seem to know everything. But do you know you are profound to me?” -16 year old me

We know Penn Badgley is cute, but is stalking cute? High school me thinks so! In this episode, I will look at two diary entries about two different crushes (read: obsessions) my junior year.

In one entry, I get ignored at a football game and run home to write a letter telling my crush about the meanest thing he’s ever done to me: ignoring my last letter.

In another entry, a mysterious new man causes me to experiment with the second person. Pretty soon, I’m writing my creepy letters to someone new.

I’ll explore why girls become boy-crazy in the first place and what (if anything) can stop that train.

Finally, I’ll do a close reading of Imogen Heap’s “Goodnight and Go.” It might be a good idea to close the curtains.

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Terrible WritingBy Marissa D'Orazio

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