Alicia Melnick
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Writer & visual artist exploring emotional truth, creativity, and the long work of breaking inherited patterns. Essays and prose exploring resilience, identity, and carrying light forward.
📜 writing | 🎨 art → @spookywhimsy
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The Shape of Absence
Sometimes I imagine the ordinary. Being born into a supportive, loving family. Working in places that value integrity, consistency, and care, not just in theory, but in practice. Friendships rooted in mutual attunement, reciprocity, and understanding. The ability to confide in others and feel held, not managed.
By Alicia Melnick a day ago in Poets
Different, Not Better
My sister used to make comments about how I dressed, how I did my makeup, and how I colored my hair. She said I was trying to look different, not better. From her perspective, ‘appearance was a hierarchy, something measured by how closely you matched what others admired, what drew approval, what signaled success or desirability.’ Looking “better” meant aligning with those expectations.
By Alicia Melnick 11 days ago in Psyche
