Olivia Barbulescu

Olivia Barbulescu I tell stories about family, dating, & life in nyc
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Feral Woman Reading Club is this Saturday, October 3rd at 1PM ET! Theme: the power of language and critical thought. We’...
10/01/2026

Feral Woman Reading Club is this Saturday, October 3rd at 1PM ET!

Theme: the power of language and critical thought.

We’ll be reading two essays:
• George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language
• Toni Morrison’s 1993 Nobel Prize Lecture

Both pieces can be read/listened to in under an hour (so even though the meeting is this Saturday, you still have time to read!)
Both tackle how the demise of language largely leads to the demise of civilization. Despite being known for 1984 and Animal Farm, Orwell especially shines in his essays, and Morrison’s audio of the speech really enriches the experience of reading it.

I chose this theme of “language and critical thought” because I’ve seen first-hand how people are using more idiotic slang and AI-slop-esque terms to describe things without any precision. And while it is fun and silly sometimes to speak this way, it does have a big impact on our cognition and ability to think critically about ourselves and society.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Join via the link in my bio!

I’m not allowed to enter churches with my shoulders out but the whole interior is covered in t*tties and bare baby a$$ ...
09/22/2026

I’m not allowed to enter churches with my shoulders out but the whole interior is covered in t*tties and bare baby a$$

I went to fringe and all I got was this stupid panic attack. Saw a lot of great shows, confronted my anxiety head on. Fu...
08/19/2026

I went to fringe and all I got was this stupid panic attack. Saw a lot of great shows, confronted my anxiety head on. Full essay, “trying to have ‘the best’ trip will make you have the worst one” linked in my bio. PS- I did see a lot of incredible shows, highlight reel of my recs also on my page.

Things haven’t been the same since
08/08/2026

Things haven’t been the same since

Part 1 of my travel diaries out now. Full essay and audio linked in my bio… part two drops August 14. See you soon ✈️
07/31/2026

Part 1 of my travel diaries out now. Full essay and audio linked in my bio… part two drops August 14. See you soon ✈️

You don’t need to know where you’re going. It’s enough to know something’s wrong. I got fired from Palantir after seven ...
07/26/2026

You don’t need to know where you’re going. It’s enough to know something’s wrong.

I got fired from Palantir after seven weeks on the job.

After five years cycling through firings, chronic illness, and unemployment, I finally let myself hear “this is not my life,” and wonder “what if I do what I want for the next 10 years?”

I wrote about it, and so many of you commented, DMed, and shared your similar experiences. It’s been really cool connecting with a lot of you and seeing that we are not alone in this feeling.

Read the full essay + listen to my self-recorded audio linked in my bio. Thank you for reading and for being here.

You don’t need to know where you’re going. It’s enough to know something’s wrong. I got fired from Palantir after seven ...
07/26/2026

You don’t need to know where you’re going. It’s enough to know something’s wrong.

I got fired from Palantir after seven weeks on the job. My manager complimented me on my blazer and then told me I wasn’t exceptional.

After five years cycling through firings, chronic illness, and unemployment, I finally let myself hear “this is not my life.” Instead of worrying about what would come next, I figured, “what if I do what I want for the next 10 years?”

I wrote about it, and so many of you commented, DMed, and shared your similar experiences. It’s been really cool connecting with a lot of you and seeing that we are not alone in this feeling.

Read the full essay + listen to my self-recorded audio linked in my bio. Let me know what you think below!
Ft comments from: VICKIE Chloe Beth Bracewell Maureen W Clough | Corporate Dropout Fighting for People Over 40 bookhags Caroline Warnes | Rethinking Corporate Work Ray Ray Halle Payne

Two years ago, I was fired from my prestigious tech job after only seven weeks. After complimenting my blazer (?) and sa...
07/17/2026

Two years ago, I was fired from my prestigious tech job after only seven weeks. After complimenting my blazer (?) and saying, “today’s your last day,” he rounded it out with a final “You are not exceptional.”

Security-escorted out of the building, I sat on a stoop a few blocks away in downtown NYC and thought “I cannot do this again.” 

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever written. For three years, I was caught in a cycle of firings, unemployment, and chronic health issues. It never occurred to me that my health issues could be coming from the same jobs I told myself I so desperately “needed.”

Full essay, “You don’t need to know where you’re going. It’s enough to know something’s wrong” linked in my bio. Looking forward to seeing what you think. 💌🥺💖🫡📖

8 GA tickets left for next week’s SHOW! They’re $10. Had a quick lineup change, excited to bring to the .nyc stage, alo...
07/09/2026

8 GA tickets left for next week’s SHOW! They’re $10. Had a quick lineup change, excited to bring to the .nyc stage, alongside and .thig Get ya tix while you can. Afterhang (refuse to call it a party) will start at 830ish after the show xx

a girl got 1.3M views translating my essay into spanish and i was a jealous hag about it. At first I was really excited ...
07/01/2026

a girl got 1.3M views translating my essay into spanish and i was a jealous hag about it. At first I was really excited but then I started dreading seeing it, especially because I was struggling to figure out how to get people to engage with my writing. I was so ashamed because this was not the hot! Sexy! unbothered! look of successful people. But then when I let myself be jealous and actually see what I was jealous of, I could see this blessing for what it really was.

This essay, “it’s okay to be jealous but you have to do something about it” is about metabolizing jealousy for good. It’s definitely more personal, which is why the full thing + audio is for paid subscribers of my publication, Feral Woman! if you’re new here, you can subscribe for free and get my free monthly flagship essays, linked in bio.

Excited to hear what you think about this one :)

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