It will come as no surprise to anyone, but I was not cool in high school. Not even a little bit.
Now that I’m a 30-year-old human masquerading as a grownup, I had hoped I’d put my desires to be part of the cool crowd to bed long ago. But years after this angst-ridden festival of self-consciousness, I have become uncomfortably reacquainted with the feeling of being on the outside of the clique.
Over a decade since I put high school well and truly behind me, I now inhabit a virtual one. And I’d be lying if I said that I don’t feel a pang of those teenage feelings — of thinking I’m on the outskirts of Cool Town — anytime I scroll through my Twitter feed. Read more…
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