Archive - Theatre of Cruelty

efferent and afferent humour

in which I'm fairly certain I come up with an original idea in the philosophy of comedy

Jun 2 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

April 2025

notes from the edge of a year

I'll be 33 tomorrow

Apr 30

February 2025

everyone is wrong about boundaries (except for me)

everyone has crosses to bear and mine is the way my dizzying intellect forces me to be correct about everything all the time

Feb 26 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

January 2025

2024: an autopsy, pt 4

this one got so long I needed headers

Jan 20 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

2024: an autopsy, pt 3

or: endless fog

Jan 16 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

2024: an autopsy, pt 2

[princess bride narrator voice] where was I. AH YES. the pit of despair

Jan 6 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

December 2024

2024: an autopsy

part one of two

Dec 31, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

October 2024

no suffering like boredom & no boredom like suffering

notes on getting one's shit together

Oct 30, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

& also people say stuff that's not true for lots of reasons

Oct 22, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

September 2024

a girl is not a medicine

more misogynist realism, and "my life got better when I started working on my capacity to tolerate the discomfort of other people being unhappy with…

Sep 30, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

August 2024

more list that my ex-boyfriend won't read

Aug 31, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

a list for an ex-boyfriend who won’t read it

Aug 12, 2024 •

Tara McGowan-Ross

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