media recs

this is the media (or creators of media) that i'm obsessed with, the media that moves me, my all time favorites. please feel free to check this stuff out!

musical artists

elmiene

sounds like: my first love

listen here

alex isley

sounds like: honey & velvet

listen here

khamari

sounds like: love letter washed ashore after ten years at sea

listen here

albums

for the deported

elmiene – r&b

listen here

voyager

moonchild – blue-eyed neo-soul

listen here

bad self portraits

lake street dive – indie pop/southern rock(?)

listen here

fiction (books)

please note: all of the links to books here point towards the online storefront of a platform called bookshop, which supports small book stores across the united states. if you are in the united states, before purchasing any book from this website, please select a small, local bookshop to support! otherwise, if you are not in the united states, please call up a bookstore near you or use a similar platform available in your country to purchase these (or any) books.

don't buy these books from amazon (if you can at all avoid it), that's what i'm getting at here lol.