Samantha GianulisThe Teachers Who Shaped Us, Because They Saw Something Within UsMr. P would put a different writing prompt on the chalkboard every day. It was our nightly homework, this open-ended writing prompt, always…8h ago18h ago1
Samantha GianulisI Used to Be Wild (and You Can’t Use It Against Me)I start this off unapologetic. I start this off in the second half of my life. I start this off winking at the disillusioned kid with…1d ago1d ago
Samantha GianulisNow That I’m Not Afraid to Say ‘Mental Illness,’ I Can Concentrate on Mental HealthIt wasn’t yet 4:00 a.m. Brown noise filled my bedroom, and it was still dark outside. I was wide awake and my head felt and sounded like a…1d ago1d ago
Samantha GianulisThe Lyrical Love Language of PlaylistsI finally got some high bias tapes, he said, standing in his room. His guitar in one hand, a package of blank Maxell cassette tapes in the…1d ago1d ago
Samantha GianulisAt Home in The Season of the WitchThis post is not a love letter to the consumerist version of fall. Not because I don’t love autumnal landscapes, I covet them and await the…Sep 30Sep 30
Samantha GianulisThe Dueling Inner Voices of the Scribe: Optimist vs. Pessimist vs. PragmatistI sit down to write. The voices begin dueling. I let them do their thing.Sep 27Sep 27
Samantha GianulisWorking the Steps Like a Good GirlI didn’t give much thought to what I was going to say. But I stood in front of the funhouse mirror on the back of my bedroom door (nothing…Sep 27Sep 27
Samantha Gianulis10 pounds in 3 days, and other liesAnyone remember the cabbage soup diet? Yeah, that one. The bitter root of my lifelong pursuit of skinny.Sep 12Sep 12