Marilynne Bell

Current Obsession: May 2026

The things currently consuming my personality.

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Marilynne Bell
May 13, 2026
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I don’t know what happened this month but somehow I became deeply passionate about oral hygiene, bronzer, and workout equipment for a workout I have literally never done. May has been weird. I think this is what happens when your brain gets overloaded and instead of processing real life you suddenly become emotionally attached to a toothbrush made in Italy.

Also I fear I have officially entered the phase of adulthood where little upgrades absolutely SEND me. A clean face towel? Euphoric. A good makeup bag? Life-changing. Finding out your toothpaste doesn’t need to taste like toxic peppermint acid to work? Revolutionary. Anyway here are the things I’ve been obsessed with lately because gatekeeping is ugly.

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