Fear and Self-Loathing in Portland

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Writing about writing, anxiety, fatness, obsessions, terrible television, culture, and having too many feelings. Like, all the time.

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About Courtenay Hameister

Writer. Teacher. Author of Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things

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