Elle Gordon
Elle Gordon used to cope with her emotions in college by writing for The Cut’s anonymous online Sex Diaries series every time someone broke up with her. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works in production at The Brooklyn Rail.
Between You and Me
When I was eight, I stole my sister’s Barbie. Then her turquoise nail polish. And then her candy-colored journal. I consumed its pages, the wisdom and wonder of a thirteen-year-old’s thoughts: The boys she had crushes on, the boys who had crushes on her. How afraid she was of her developing body, how every morning she woke up with something new to fixate on—a new hair, new bump, new curve. I longed to feel what she was describing. How wonderful it would be to be as beautiful as that. To be something that blossomed.
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