The Breakup Club: A Collective of Mishaps and Falling Aparts
Written by Kristalyn Gill
Photography by Kristalyn Gill ft. MeganAnna Griffin
The Breakup Club projects that breakups are a means for catharsis and reflection, whether it is the end of a romantic breakups, the culmination of a goal never actualized, a familial falling away, or a stark separation from social labels given to us by our community. This book displays how, after a continuous falling apart, we can locate and create empathy between any two people.
I greet my broken heart like an old friend.
I scream at her for allowing me to deteriorate.
I tell her how much I despise her and how I love her.
We are like family.
I have never been happier or more lost
than when I was with her.
Then she leaves again,
and I wonder if I even knew her at all.
A master of ceremonies, well done my friend,
very entertaining.
She leaves a note,
a parting and starting of ways,
“Welcome to the club.”
