Vanessa Chan
She bends slow, steady, tense my emotions. She could always read the inevitability of my future.
Content warning: allusions to prostitution and sexual assault
Source material: Grandmother Rose by Elyssia Koulouris, illustrated by Yuk Kei Lo Yuki
Olivia Camillin (writer), Felicity Yiran Smith (illustrator)
Khadijah Majid (writer), Jennifer Nguyen (illustrator)
Matthew Lee (writer), Manyu Wang (illustrator)
It’s 2012 and you have just opened Tumblr. A photo pops up of MGMT in skinny jeans, teashade sunglasses and mismatching blazers that are reminiscent of carpets and ‘60s curtains. Alexa Chung and Alex Turner have just broken up. His love letter has been leaked and Tumblr is raving about it—”my mouth hasn’t shut up about you since you kissed it.” Poetry at its peak: romance is alive.
