Ten Things with Erica Frederick

Erica Frederick’s flash “To You When You’re Twelve and You Hate Yourself” takes us back in time to the 7th grade and explores, with a deft eye, what it means to have a body, to be seen. As part of celebrating Split Lip’s 10th Anniversary, Erica listed ten things that make her happy:

  1. buttered bagels

  2. the sims 4

  3. shit talking

  4. falling asleep

  5. errands + friends

  6. kissing (when the rhythm is right)

  7. being bundled and blanketed and it’s cold out

  8. the part of a book that gets me giddy and giggly

  9. writing: the part where I get giddy and giggly

  10. loving someone enough to talk hours into the sunrise, to hope the day won’t end, to want so much more of it to be with them

A Polaroid photo of Erica Frederick at 10 years old, smiling slightly in front of a window

Erica Frederick at 10 years old

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