"I know what you’re thinking. You see the hair—blue today, maybe pink tomorrow. The glasses, the septum piercing, the tattoos snaking down my arms. You hear me talk about climate justice, universal healthcare, smashing the patriarchy. And yeah, I mean all of it. I live it, breathe it, fight for it. Online, in protests, in art. I take pride in being on the right side of history."

*"But there’s something I don’t tell anyone. A little... secret. A craving, a contradiction that I can’t shake no matter how many socialist manifestos I read or feminist theory books I stack on my nightstand."