Eliza and Her Monsters

I learned years ago that it's okay to do this. To seek out small spaces for myself, to stop and imagine myself alone. People are too much sometimes. Friends, acquaintances, enemies, strangers. It doesn't matter; they all crowd. Even if they're all the way across the room, they crowd. I take a moment of silence and think: I am here. I am okay.

— An exploration of internet/fandom culture and social anxiety, of how we find solace in the internet. SO DAMN RELATABLE. THIS BOOK JUST GETS IT.