Mikena’s Newsletter

January 2025

The Ghost in the Gardening Hat

Stoner friends, first loves, and my Massachusetts adolescence

Jan 30, 2025 • Mikena Richards

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About That Time I was A Hooker in Melbourne, Victoria

When I moved to Australia in September 2014, I did not know that I was going to start working at a brothel a few months later.

Jan 4, 2025 • Mikena Richards

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October 2024

Is now a good time to be a bitch?

I’m struggling with the fact that the only way I know how to start this piece is by first airing out my ambivalence about writing anything in the first…

Oct 4, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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August 2024

Thin Places

collision, concepts, self, reflections, (mis)recognition, you feel, you notice, that the veil is thinning

Aug 30, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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What Do We Do About the Bad Birthday?

I recently turned 30 and my birthday kind of sucked.

Aug 24, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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July 2024

Day after Dyke March

a work in progress about the beach, getting too high, and writing whatever you want

Jul 18, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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June 2024

This is about work

and all my stained tee shirts

Jun 21, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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May 2024

In an instant

Meditating on time, change & my Saturn return

May 23, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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Living with my puny, vulnerable self

thoughts on obsession & acceptance

May 9, 2024 • Mikena Richards

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July 2022