My name is Ellie Piersol. Welcome!
Follow along with my random essays and musings about things probably only I find interesting.
“Be your own hero,”
Ellie Piersol
Let’s Talk About Something Important: My Hair
Black I was born after one of the worst winter snowstorms in 1997 with a shock of black hair, red skin, and no tears. I’ve been told that it was magical, and I’ve held onto that idea my whole life. I saw a baby picture recently where that same hair was curly and short. I…
Muse to Manic Pixie Dream Girl: How Female Characters are Turned into Tropes Based on the Perceptions of Men
This was my final Senior Project to finish my English Major, and it has an accompanying video that you can view here. The video mostly follows this essay, but there were some things cut for the sake of length. “Her name was aurora borealis, but everyone just called her Abs for short. She was a…
Testing
This is just a test. Yup, just a test post. Real essays and ideas will come at a later date.
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