Month November 2026

Spite and Words

Anime-style illustration of a university cafeteria in autumn 2011. A white-haired person wearing sunglasses sits with two male colleagues at a table for four, with an empty chair in the foreground. Across the room, a dark-haired woman eats alone.

An ordinary lunch, an uncomfortable memory, and a regret that refused to go away. More than a decade later, a political controversy brings the past crashing into the present, setting off a chain of events I never intended — and certainly never expected.

A personal story about finding my voice, losing my patience, and occasionally getting more than I bargained for.