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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE is a collage of cultural analysis, anecdotes, personal essays, poems and lists, interplayed like a conversation between friends. So sharp they'll make you wince, so honest that you might feel uncomfortable with what's reflecting back at you, so funny you'll want to take a photo and send it to your best friend.

On a day Abbey thought would be the best of her life – her boyfriend is surely going to propose tonight, right? – it all falls apart: he tells her he’s met someone else. And then to make things worse, she loses her job. In an act of reimagination, she splurges her wedding savings on renting an apartment in a building she’s always dreamed of living in and kits out her wardrobe to match. But when her family invites her ex – a close family friend – plus a date(!!) to her parents’ vow renewal, Abbey realizes her façade won’t be enough. There’s nothing for it but to fake one more thing – a romance.

After 10 years in London, working in a stressful City firm, Liv O’Neill returns home to Sandycove, a picturesque seaside village, just outside Dublin to care for her mother after a fall. Whilst Liv reconnects with friends and family, she is amazed by Sandycove’s thriving community spirit with its artisan shops, delis and cafes - it’s not quite the place she left behind. As village life begins to creep under her skin, Liv is forced to confront the things that drove her away. Can Liv balance her past, present and future and find her own happy place?

Meg Michaels, a bookstore owner, has already walked away from two cheating exes. She's learned her lesson and has her mind set on success - until she gets knocked up. Embarrassed and unwilling to discuss her situation with friends and family, she wears layers to hide the pregnancy.

Ankita Sharma has the world at her feet. She is young, good-looking and smart and has tonnes of friends and boys swooning over her. College life is what every youngster dreams of, and she also manages to get into a premier management school for her MBA. Six months later she is a patient in a mental health hospital. How did Ankita get here? What were the events that led to this? Will she ever get back her life again? Life has cruelly and coldly snatched that which meant the most to her, and she must now fight to get it all back.

Puma Wade learned early on that you can't count on a soul in this world. Everyone who has ever loved her has either abandoned her or let her down. The walls around her heart were there to protect her from getting hurt again, but when she meets a smart-mouthed club owner, things take an unexpected turn.

Join Niccara as she talk about the ups and downs of the world and work through them, bookishly. Every episode, you’ll hear about amazing books and why you should read them, receive a peek into her musings with her guests where folks can find a safe space to process life. We cover topics ranging from love, ambition, plants, love…but we always make it books. Keep bookishly healing through life.

Yazmeen Franklin is as green as they come. Her only real friend is her older sister, who raised her after their mother died. Because of their father’s poor example, Yazmeen has little trust in men, so dating is foreign to her. During her sophomore year of college, she lets her guard down and finally gets close to a man. However, he is a known womanizer, and she keeps him in the friend zone to protect her heart.

A female actress, no matter how great her talent, has a limited shelf life. I faced the hard facts that it’s a man’s world in Hollywood a long time ago. Being 42 years young is a death sentence in the industry. Yet here I am. Completely gobsmacked at the offer of the role of the century. We’re talking leading lady, Oscar-worthy. I’m here to train for my comeback role, not for whiskey and a roll in the hay. Now this good-looking, tall, 48-year-old joker that seems to say all the right lines from the raunchiest Native American romance novels is f--king me up.

Tyler Montclair wasn't looking for love on that rainy night. He'd just narrowly escaped a five-year relationship with a nutcase. All he had to worry about now was avoiding damsels in distress, his weakness, and sheltering his brothers from generations of family secrets that could change their lives forever. Renee Preston is on the run. Her abusive husband, Robert, is after her...but so is Tyler Montclair. She doesn't need a knight in shining armor to rescue her, so she avoids him like the plague. But every time she closes her eyes, there he is.

Unruly. Disobedient. Reckless. I've heard it all. And quite frankly, they're right. Which is why I got shipped overseas to "start over." And America wasn't all that great. Until her... Tess Hamilton. She's pure, sweet, and everything I'm not. And I'll try like Hell to be if it means I can have her. But Tess won't let me in--won't give me anything I want. Now, I have to figure out a way to take down my conniving mother, Win Tess' heart, And make my mark in this place. Piece of cake.

I remember the day Jim stumbled into our drama class—a tall, blonde, handsome straight jock with an easy smile and a confident stride and seemingly not much acting ability. But this cocky guy turned out to be full of surprises, and I found myself irresistibly drawn to him, but at first I felt I hade to hide my crush, but now Jimmy and I are roommates—and more.

Love....the most pure thing which exist on earth...!!

Intimate poems in French and English by some queerdo who hates la poésie(English follows) Tous les vendredis, découvre un nouveau poème, slam ou spoken word intimiste, écrit et lu par Jo Güstin, en français ou en anglais. Jo Güstin est une autrice et comédienne Noire et queer qui a toujours dit qu’elle détestait la poésie. Va savoir pourquoi elle se lance dedans. Quand on le lui demande, elle répond : "Un jour, j'ai quitté Instagram et j'ai eu le temps."🍀Every Friday, there's a new intimate poem, slam or spoken word poem, written and read by Jo Güstin, in French or English. ...

Make It Make Sense with Sureka Thanenthiran-Dharuman is a podcast that aims to demystify the publishing industry by speaking with historically excluded authors. Every week a new interviewee shares what they had to make sense of on their route to publication. I will also be joined by agents and editors to help create a more transparent and complete picture of the industry. Make sure to follow us on Twitter @mimspod so you can ask some of your own questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the most wonderful time of the year—for everyone except Starr Lewis. As if going home for the holidays jobless and single wasn't bad enough, she's dragged into a holiday season full of activities leading up to her sister's uber-romantic Christmas Eve wedding—to Starr's ex-boyfriend. But when her brother's best friend, Waylon Emmerson, attends their family Thanksgiving, she starts to wonder if maybe coming home for Christmas isn't so bad after all.

A completely improvised story podcast. Each episode sees a group of talented improvisers coming together to spin a yarn, have a few laughs and make up for their incredible inability to just write the story ahead of time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabrielle, an "at-risk" young lady coming from a poor neighborhood in New York City, finished her college degree last semester. She was working for peanuts at the time when a better job came through, requiring her to move 200 miles away from home to Boston to work for a new startup. She didn't know that the history of bias and xenophobia in Boston may test the patience and perseverance of this young African American. But Gabrielle would be willing to risk it all for a better lifestyle.

Bashaun and Terri, since their almost fatal incident that brought them into each other's life, held on to that one thing that matters the most regardless of the situation, and that was realness. Just keeping it real had always been a challenge. Both had demanding lives but fought to press on with the love that was found between them.

Two amateur authors and amateur humans—Daniel and Dina—discuss all things writing and books, and re-tell chaotic life adventures from cults to exes that think they’re horses. We’ve got you covered in this comedic and sarcastic, life-centered podcast. Follow us as we fail to not make it weird.