The Fleeting Nature of Love and Weather Protective Gear
It was early September. I was caught between a rock and a hard place—the rock being a mom loudly debating the redeeming qualities of two...
Posts by danaschneider:
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends but with More Late Stage Capitalism
Her name was Alexis. She was everything I wasn’t at the time: a teen, a sophisticate, a brunette with a Parisian fashion sense, a person...
An Open Letter to Kindred Suckers for Smucker’s (Uncrustables)
Dear Fellow Fan of Smucker’s Uncrustables Sandwiches, No one ever said having this whimsical of a snack preference in college would be easy.
Junglepussy: An Abbreviated Personal Listening Guide
Growing up, I was immersed in a culture that values romantic love in a highly exalted sense. I watched wedding themed shows on TLC such...
All Aboard!
If listening to Kacey Musgraves in earnest has taught me anything, it’s to stay connected to my ~roots~. So in an attempt to stay connected...
The Anti-joke Age
Recently, I was having a chat with my pals Christian and Prakrit in which we recounted our failed attempts at humor during childhood. I told...
The Poetic Praise of Two Pauls
When people ask me why I write poetry I tell them it’s a means of expression, a way of magnifying and distorting minutiae most people...
Meeting the Plants
Somehow I’m now someone who owns plants. Not just a plant, but plural plants. Two to be exact. I started out with such meager goals:...
I’m Too Lazy to Write a Whole Book: A Memoir by Dana Schneider
I am a writer, but I am also impatient. In fiction, solid plot and character development takes meticulously and painstakingly crafted detail (read: time). In...
Pitbull and Moms: A Theory
I’ve only been in college for about a month now, and yet frenzied and overzealous pals are already talking about dreams of graduate schools and...