THE

AMBIVALENCE

CHRONICLES

Ambivalence (noun)

1. Having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel.

2. The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Why do we have uncertainty about so many aspects of our lives? These short essays are an ongoing attempt to examine the nature of ambivalence in my life, and what these contradictory feelings might say about the broader human condition.

Moss Kaplan

Mar 31, 2020
5 min

Wrestling With John Irving

For weeks now, I've been staring at this ridiculous picture of myself posing in my wrestling outfit. When I was fifteen and attending...