Teddy G. Goetz

Girl Code

%how to be friends with exes
%thirteenth draft

%wipe slate clean
clear all

%initiate new contact
%set positions on the board
meetUp = 'neutral location’;
%in public
%daytime is best

friendship = tea + bookDiscussion;
%make sure not to talk about Toni Morrison
%or Andrea Gibson
%or anyone else who makes you cry

%what if everyone makes you cry??

if vibe == notAwkward
             %maintain friendly communication
              writeTextMessage (lifeUpdate, meme, question);
              writeTextMessage (lifeUpdate, meme, question);
              writePartyInvitation (date, time, costumeTheme);
              writeTextMessage (lifeUpdate, meme, question);
              friendship = tea + deeperBookDiscussion + platonicCuddles;
              %it’s okay if you cry
               continue
else
              load(lifeEvent = ‘birthday’)
              sendTextMessage(‘Happy birthday!’)

end

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Teddy G. Goetz (they/them) is an overly enthusiastic medical student, writer, photographer, biker, runner, and research dork, with a penchant for cooking without recipes and referencing Audre Lorde, Donna Haraway, and Buffy. Their goal (as both an artist and a doctor-in-training) is to help people feel seen. Their prior training includes an MS in transgender hormone therapy and BS in biochemistry and gender studies, focusing on interdisciplinary scientific research informed by individual embodied experiences. More of their recent poetry and photography publications can be found at teddygoetz.com.