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04/08/2026

Join us 4/30 featuring in Pasadena for Lectures & Libations.

A rare chat with iconic photographer Frank Ockenfels 3 on his work from Bowie to Breaking Bad and the images that define film, TV, and music culture.

For over three decades, Frank Ockenfels 3 has been the eye behind some of the most recognizable faces and campaigns across film, television, music, and editorial.

This Lecture + Libations session pulls back the curtain on how those images get made. Relying on instinct, access, and creative trust.

The philosophy: less polish, more truth. Inside an unconventional process and honest perspective on why over-conceptualizing can kill authenticity. How staying adaptable has kept his work relevant across decades

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03/29/2026

Moments from an amazing night.
Thank you for another mind expanding conversation. ✨

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03/28/2026

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03/26/2026

This Saturday ! Limited tickets available in Pasadena. Speaker

In some languages, to eat and to copulate are the same word.

Women are encouraged to eat less, so as to become a treat for someone else. Did you know that our everyday language perpetuates how women are consumed and discarded? In conceptual metaphor theory, this aligns with “Women are Food,” a recurring structure in patriarchal language and literature where consumption is both literal and linguistic.

In a society that uses food as currency, performance, and power, let’s explore the language that keeps women and marginalized genders from power.

We’ll be drawing on non-fiction like Wordslut by Amanda Montell and theory by bell hooks, Caitlin Hines, and Virginia Woolf, and referencing fiction like The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay, Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and Sula by Toni Morrison.

Tarra Stevenson writes fairy tales, horror, and academic analysis, all based around her master’s thesis on conceptual metaphor. She has poetry and short stories published in Vinyl, Shirley Magazine, the LA Miscellany, Writer’s Resist, and Lit Angels. She was the Book Reviews editor for The Coachella Review and had a column there titled “Hard to Swallow,” which she is currently transforming into an (anti) cookbook. She’s currently on the Board of the Secondary School Writing Center Association and the International Writing Center Association and teaches at an all-girls school in Pasadena. Tarra can be found on Substack at Heavy Meta and on TikTok . She is always working on a novel.

Ideas worth sipping on 🍷

03/20/2026

Lectures & Libations. Eat or Be Eaten: Desire + Metaphor in Literature. Saturday March 28th. Limited tickets available in Pasadena. Speaker

In some languages, to eat and to copulate are the same word.

Women are encouraged to eat less, so as to become a treat for someone else. Did you know that our everyday language perpetuates how women are consumed and discarded? In conceptual metaphor theory, this aligns with “Women are Food,” a recurring structure in patriarchal language and literature where consumption is both literal and linguistic.

In a society that uses food as currency, performance, and power, let’s explore the language that keeps women and marginalized genders from power.

We’ll be drawing on non-fiction like Wordslut by Amanda Montell and theory by bell hooks, Caitlin Hines, and Virginia Woolf, and referencing fiction like The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay, Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and Sula by Toni Morrison.

Tarra Stevenson writes fairy tales, horror, and academic analysis, all based around her master’s thesis on conceptual metaphor. She has poetry and short stories published in Vinyl, Shirley Magazine, the LA Miscellany, Writer’s Resist, and Lit Angels. She was the Book Reviews editor for The Coachella Review and had a column there titled “Hard to Swallow,” which she is currently transforming into an (anti) cookbook. She’s currently on the Board of the Secondary School Writing Center Association and the International Writing Center Association and teaches at an all-girls school in Pasadena. Tarra can be found on Substack at Heavy Meta and on TikTok . She is always working on a novel.

Ideas worth sipping on 🍷

03/19/2026

Lectures & Libations. Eat or Be Eaten: Desire + Metaphor in Literature. Saturday March 28th. Limited tickets available in Pasadena. Speaker

In some languages, to eat and to copulate are the same word.

Women are encouraged to eat less, so as to become a treat for someone else. Did you know that our everyday language perpetuates how women are consumed and discarded? In conceptual metaphor theory, this aligns with “Women are Food,” a recurring structure in patriarchal language and literature where consumption is both literal and linguistic.

In a society that uses food as currency, performance, and power, let’s explore the language that keeps women and marginalized genders from power.

We’ll be drawing on non-fiction like Wordslut by Amanda Montell and theory by bell hooks, Caitlin Hines, and Virginia Woolf, and referencing fiction like The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay, Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and Sula by Toni Morrison.

Find Tarra on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/), Substack (https://thisisnotheavymeta.substack.com/), & Gumroad (https://girlsschoolbooks.gumroad.com/)!

Tarra Stevenson writes fairy tales, horror, and academic analysis, all based around her master’s thesis on conceptual metaphor. She has poetry and short stories published in Vinyl, Shirley Magazine, the LA Miscellany, Writer’s Resist, and Lit Angels. She was the Book Reviews editor for The Coachella Review and had a column there titled “Hard to Swallow,” which she is currently transforming into an (anti) cookbook. She’s currently on the Board of the Secondary School Writing Center Association and the International Writing Center Association and teaches at an all-girls school in Pasadena. Tarra can be found on Substack at Heavy Meta and on TikTok . She is always working on a novel.

Ideas worth sipping on 🍷

03/18/2026

Lectures & Libations. Eat or Be Eaton: Desire + Metaphor in Literature. Saturday March 28th. Limited tickets available in Pasadena. Speaker

In some languages, to eat and to copulate are the same word.

Women are encouraged to eat less, so as to become a treat for someone else. Did you know that our everyday language perpetuates how women are consumed and discarded? In conceptual metaphor theory, this aligns with “Women are Food,” a recurring structure in patriarchal language and literature where consumption is both literal and linguistic.

In a society that uses food as currency, performance, and power, let’s explore the language that keeps women and marginalized genders from power.

We’ll be drawing on non-fiction like Wordslut by Amanda Montell and theory by bell hooks, Caitlin Hines, and Virginia Woolf, and referencing fiction like The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay, Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and Sula by Toni Morrison.

Find Tarra on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/), Substack (https://thisisnotheavymeta.substack.com/), & Gumroad (https://girlsschoolbooks.gumroad.com/)!

Tarra Stevenson writes fairy tales, horror, and academic analysis, all based around her master’s thesis on conceptual metaphor. She has poetry and short stories published in Vinyl, Shirley Magazine, the LA Miscellany, Writer’s Resist, and Lit Angels. She was the Book Reviews editor for The Coachella Review and had a column there titled “Hard to Swallow,” which she is currently transforming into an (anti) cookbook. She’s currently on the Board of the Secondary School Writing Center Association and the International Writing Center Association and teaches at an all-girls school in Pasadena. Tarra can be found on Substack at Heavy Meta and on TikTok . She is always working on a novel.

Ideas worth sipping on 🍷

03/15/2026

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In some languages, to eat and to copulate are the same word.

Women are encouraged to eat less, so as to become a treat for someone else. Did you know that our everyday language perpetuates how women are consumed and discarded? In conceptual metaphor theory, this aligns with “Women are Food,” a recurring structure in patriarchal language and literature where consumption is both literal and linguistic.

In a society that uses food as currency, performance, and power, let’s explore the language that keeps women and marginalized genders from power.

We’ll be drawing on non-fiction like Wordslut by Amanda Montell and theory by bell hooks, Caitlin Hines, and Virginia Woolf, and referencing fiction like The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay, Piglet by Lottie Hazell, and Sula by Toni Morrison.

Find Tarra on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/), Substack (https://thisisnotheavymeta.substack.com/), & Gumroad (https://girlsschoolbooks.gumroad.com/)!

Tarra Stevenson writes fairy tales, horror, and academic analysis, all based around her master’s thesis on conceptual metaphor. She has poetry and short stories published in Vinyl, Shirley Magazine, the LA Miscellany, Writer’s Resist, and Lit Angels. She was the Book Reviews editor for The Coachella Review and had a column there titled “Hard to Swallow,” which she is currently transforming into an (anti) cookbook. She’s currently on the Board of the Secondary School Writing Center Association and the International Writing Center Association and teaches at an all-girls school in Pasadena. Tarra can be found on Substack at Heavy Meta and on TikTok . She is always working on a novel.

Ideas worth sipping on 🍷

03/02/2026

Lectures & Libations. Frankenstein: The Post Modern Prometheus featuring

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The first Lectures & Libations exceeded all expectations! A safe place to engage in conversation fostering creativity an...
03/02/2026

The first Lectures & Libations exceeded all expectations! A safe place to engage in conversation fostering creativity and community.

There is something quietly powerful about choosing to sit in a room together and think.

Thank you for showing up with curiosity and care!!

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