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Stories and Studies

Liza Espelita

Cultural critiques, introspective reflections, and a writerly aspiration.

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Outgrowing A Body Is Outgrowing A Life

Weight gain is not a character flaw.

It’s hard to internalize. It’s easier to translate an extra five to ten pounds gained to a lack of discipline and willpower, which is one step away from a spiral of self-punishment and loathing. But wha...

2 months ago
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A Home We Don't Live In

We’re on the road again.

From one mountain to another, 250 kilometers apart. The night drive is long and weary, but five hours later we are greeted by the morning fog that blankets the Baguio peaks. We drive up and down the curved and wind...

3 months ago
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Your Job Is to Produce, But Your Purpose is to Create

We’ve been peddled productivity propaganda.

This capitalist campaign worked. We conflated production at our jobs with life purpose. If we just optimised our morning routines and locked in for this quarter, we would yield life-changing resu...

8 months ago
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How I Learned To Read

Photo by Johnny McClung on Unsplash

In lieu of my father’s death anniversary, I am republishing this short essay I wrote in 2022. I hope you enjoy.

I grew up an only child. That doesn’t mean that my parents had the luxury of time to showe...

8 months ago

A Lesson from 10 Years of Marriage

Recently, my fiancé and I met up with a friend I’ve known for about fifteen years, with her husband and two young daughters. I’ve known my friend since college. We spent roughly seven years growing up in each other’s orbits. When she gradua...

8 months ago
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  • Liza Espelita

    Cultural criticism for people who read footnotes for fun, plus original stories that definitely happened (in my head). I apply book-level analysis to everything because like you, I'm just a nerd with access to the Internet.

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