Today, Sloane, Blossom, Vanessa, and Sarah sat together for lunch at Maison Pickle after Vanessa’s shift at Nordstrom and Sarah’s 2 week trip in Mykonos with her boyfriend. 

In this column, we are reintroduced to Vanessa. She has been transitioning for many years and we learn about her empowering yet unfortunate upbringing in Brooklyn. 

Alone in Central Park, Sloane gives herself a personal therapy session on love and her future. She dreams bigs but dates small. 

From a silent car ride of hell to the fab energy of fem queens at the Latex Ball, Sloane writes about leaving dead weight behind to witness your own greatness.

A freshly broken bed and a crushing morning-after confession. Sloane navigate the logistics of getting a stubborn, annoying boy out of her apartment and to have a little fun.

From midnight message chaos to a sunlit rendezvous. A confusing commute to Penn Station brings a friend of Sloane into focus. This column discusses the study of unspoken subway tension, the heavy lifting of performative manhood, and a ruined ego.

Tracing the toxic allure of DL trades. Sloane breaks down the performative masculinity of an American man, the heaviness of the mental closet, and the bitter reality of being a kept secret in a pitch black room.

While stranded on an un-air-conditioned Amtrak ride and venting to Sloane over FaceTime, Blossom finds unexpected salvation when a towering stranger with severe facial piercings asks for the only open seat.

Before a sweltering train ride, there was the Deep South. Sloane recounts Blossom’s shedding of their own religious expectations and the high school sweetheart facade. Moving forward into tracking their beautiful rebellion and ultimate revival into their queer identity.

Shattering the illusion of an idealistic getaway, this column tracks Sloane through the heavy humidity of the relentless city. Embracing herself in pavement heat, late-night chaos, and the raw instincts required to survive the horny summer.

In this installment, Sloane navigates the big move to modern day NYC. She has cultural critique on how we trade sincere life moments for the quick disengaged interactions on social media and with neighbors.

Sloane proves that survival in the world requires bold ambition. We continue to follow a beautifully choreographed dance of a young woman coming of age. She is heading to NYC for summer break so she must let go of everything that she wants but doesn’t need for her womanhood to evolve.