Archive - Hip to Waste

GOODBYE HIPTOWASTE, HELLO PRINCESS BABYGIRL

Dear readers, Since my last Substack post in March 2021, life has taken me on an unexpected journey. I recall declaring my departure from this platform…

Mar 16 •

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March 2021

I’m dipping after I publish one last newsletter. Thank you to everyone who has supported me since I began writing here. Zine, podcast and more on the…

Mar 13, 2021 •

(Photo: Zoë Kravitz as Big Little Lies’ Bonnie Carlson doing her finest cardigan acting.) In the last couple of months, a cardigan I used to wear when I…

Mar 8, 2021 •

February 2021

The first two Ethiopian girls I ever knew—both students at the elementary school I attended from grades 1 to 3—were, on a surface level at least, my…

Feb 20, 2021 •

Codependency No More

(Image: Grey Gardens) All over the internet are floral images superimposed with the chaotic-sounding word “Athazagoraphobia.” These images often include…

Feb 17, 2021 •

January 2021

Three summers ago, I lost my cousins Yahya and Aydruce less than a month apart. Yahye died in a car crash that everyone else present for survived…

Jan 21, 2021 •

In Case You Missed It

Jan 19, 2021 •

The Famous Kids Are Alright

In which I'm in famous kids' business!

Jan 18, 2021 •

Discussion Thread: ONLY VIBES, NO DISCOURSE

Please leave a really dumb comment. Be your dumbest self for a bit! I’m trying to see something. <3 FYI, two very juicy posts coming up behind t…

Jan 16, 2021 •

The Rarest Aesthetic: On Ella Emhoff's Countersignalling, Hot Girl Maximalism and Alterna-Gurls

Alterna-Gurls As the daughter of immigrants, I used to be over-eager to relate to popular culture, even if it meant moving at a velocity greater than my…

Jan 16, 2021 •

THIS IS THE STORY OF A CRAZY GIRL

My Year of @Bestdressed and Aestheticization

Jan 14, 2021 •

Self-Care Truths for Girls & Playlist

(Image: Jalouse N°25 | 1998 - Enoshima by Louis Decamps) “The trouble with comparing yourself to others is that there are too many others. Using all…

Jan 2, 2021 •

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