Evil Queen

General

Interstellar travel, emotional damage, and eyeliner Arguing about philosophical ethics in sci-fi movies Memorizing Shakespeare monologues I’ll never perform Mixing oil paint while watching biology lectures Crying at musical overtures like it’s a personality trait Creating elaborate Google Docs for things that don’t matter Staring at the moon like it owes me answers Falling in love with people’s minds and then blocking them for no reason Building robots, breaking hearts

Music

Gorillaz – animated band? Social commentary? Messy genre-bending? Yes please A Tribe Called Quest – smooth, poetic, nerdy cool. Forever vibes The Fugees – “Ready or Not” still hits like a prophecy Daft Punk (pre-‘Discovery’) – robots, heartbreak, and funk. Peak Claire core Queen – theatrical brilliance. I probably came out the womb singing Bohemian Rhapsody Air – dreamy French electronica to study planets and feelings to

Movies

Arrival, Interstellar, Black Swan, Little Shop of Horrors, The Matrix Any film that makes me question my existence and cry in under 2 hours Also Shrek. I contain multitudes.

Television

The X-Files – Mulder was hot, Scully was smarter than everyone. I believe. Daria – because sarcasm is a love language and I am the weird girl Buffy the Vampire Slayer – fighting demons while being emotionally unwell? relatable. Twin Peaks – I don’t know what’s going on but I love it Sailor Moon – magical girl vibes but with existential undertones Cosmos (with Carl Sagan) – the reason I romanticize the universe and cry over stars Bill Nye the Science Guy – literally raised me Arthur – yes it’s a kids show but the drama? unmatched Invader Zim – aliens, chaos, eyeliner. Need I say more Freaks and Geeks – for the awkwardness I still haven’t grown out of Are You Afraid of the Dark? – the reason I love horror and storytelling

Books

Sylvia Plath, Carl Sagan, and medical textbooks I don’t need to read Sci-fi that makes me spiral Plays. Lots of plays. Random Wikipedia rabbit holes that lead to existential crises Anything that makes me cry and/or makes me smarter

Heroes

Nikola Tesla, for being weird, brilliant, and underappreciated Frida Kahlo—pain turned into paint, period Rosalind Franklin, the real DNA queen Shakespeare (even though he’d probably ghost me) David Bowie (for making weird cool before it was cool)