eliza the brilliant told me about kate carraway and so i am steadily working through her girls archive instead of doing my actual work (why do i always find myself here, in THIS place) and while it’s all VERY IMPORTANT, this is the piece i will offer to you here:

“If you’re queerly into the whole twee worldview, or like me are a never-to-recover book nerd in the direction of The Secret Garden and The Little Princess, may I suggest the following? Wear a long, white cotton nightie outside on the lawn at dusk. Play badminton, drink a Tom Collins, “frolic.” The idea of jeans is absurd now, isn’t it?”