Gina DeMillo Wagner

Severance, Lost, trauma therapy, and reintegration The work is mysterious and important

I wrote about what Severance and Lost can teach us about the mechanisms of PTSD and trauma recovery: open.substack.com/pub/ginadwag...

I reached the point (at 3 am today) where I have to admit the piece of writing I’ve been tinkering with for the past few months is actually a novel, and writing it feels urgent and invigorating.

The best writing happens on Black Friday. No one’s contacting you. The house is quiet. And there’s pie.

was like, wait!! Is that a good thing or bad thing??!

Does your brain ever reboot an embarrassing memory the minute you wake up? This morning I suddenly recalled the time in 8th grade when my crush kissed me at church youth group… and then I called him later that night to ask for feedback on the kiss (!) and he told me I tasted like Doritos and I

@alexanderchee.bsky.social has been known to practice Tarot

I dabble. ✨

Who do we talk to about making celebrity memoir its own category separate from literary memoir??

I love a clean slate. But also, the idea of rebuilding a platform is 😐