<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tessa Farrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[tessa em]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:13:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[short fiction] inheritor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wish you’d eaten me in the womb. Those were the days: you and me, cell clumps swaddled in the darkness, learning to suckle at the meat that made us.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/short-fiction-inheritor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4ffa1dcb673b1177c6ccda</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:51:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_98df71eaa6c749839fb41a2dd2ba50b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_870,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[poetry] why is the worst thing a man can think to call me a little girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[when your granddaughter is born / pink-lipped learning to smile / peony-bloom in her cheeks / laughing all sweetness at the end of a long night]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/poetry-why-is-the-worst-thing-a-man-can-think-to-call-me-a-little-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32dc5a38520286278e795b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_0abac6cbf36c4d73b90779a064534b07~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[blog] the enemy, and other stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[At work I peer over my cubicle wall to chat at my coworker, and she clicks hurriedly away from the tab where she’s opened ChatGPT.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/blog-the-enemy-and-other-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b4f858ba6aec9a81075ac</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:49:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_2ed47cbafe234a0f9e883d53d5d5990b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[poetry] the last resort]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I did this to myself, could you ever forgive me?]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/poetry-the-last-resort</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fa4cf92528aeae0147d34e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_c7b45b0d5ae94015892b5a121b2a86ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[blog] faster than light]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think a lot about dead horses. In the last year they’ve become a fixation of mine.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/blog-faster-than-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9003fab5395dde606353f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:09:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_4bd7d71c149a47fbbc67a11e441f244f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_874,h_644,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[blog] notes i brought to the doctor who diagnosed me with me/cfs]]></title><description><![CDATA[I brought my cane that day, even though I could’ve walked unassisted. I expected to be given fifteen minutes, tops. I was terrified.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/blog-notes-i-brought-to-the-doctor-who-diagnosed-me-with-me-cfs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd255cc31b00fb85143ced</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:22:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_ead5928af4b64ccd91227b7525dd7715~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[short fiction] refeeding syndrome]]></title><description><![CDATA[You swallow him whole, but that isn’t the end of it.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/short-fiction-refeeding-syndrome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d55d82d3b1a3633e6d8c31</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:48:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_e9a70ebf35334f4bbf8435f4419c58a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[poetry] you give me a rose]]></title><description><![CDATA[suppose they gave roses for suffering well: suppose it was better the less they could tell.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/poetry-you-give-me-a-rose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c1711ab9d5370ce323f6fa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_9a6ddf9e7e8345f286cf0e02e032cdc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_434,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[poetry] help me figure this out before mid-september]]></title><description><![CDATA[so i work at this university (christian) (in a job i’ve always wanted) (i told them a lot of things to get hired) (before you judge me, spend a month unemployed in the state of california)]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/poetry-help-me-figure-this-out-before-mid-september</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b82f29107e0353b758be84</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:30:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_5a3286be366948a2b736d89a77d4f17e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[blog] girl, with a cane]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember when you saw your first princess? Her skirts were tulle and glittered like the night sky. They fell about her feet so you’d never know she was walking — she was gliding, floating. ]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/blog-girl-with-a-cane</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b08db3a547e1dd3d7dedee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:49:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_a4a4d533498e495f8847d29cbdf99ca2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_796,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[blog] walk, don't run: living with me/cfs]]></title><description><![CDATA[In friend circles I tend to refer to it as the "I'm Tired" disease, not because that really captures the half of it, but because it makes up 90% of my responses when my partner asks how I am.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/blog-walk-don-t-run-living-with-me-cfs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a9d390a29c2f981478f2a0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:04:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_36deb9e096394874a0e7a0495a418385~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[[short fiction] early childhood education for protostars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rian sobs until cracks form in her skin. Then the light comes through.]]></description><link>https://tessaabiem.wixsite.com/tessaem/post/short-fiction-early-childhood-education-for-protostars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a7726fa29c2f9814737c68</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:50:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/baae83_af3d765c18a9463a8c3573517d300a74~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>tessa em</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>