Notes From The Wild: Essays by Nicole Alvarez

Notes From The Wild: Essays by Nicole Alvarez

A Transactional Affair

(It’s Still A Crown, Motherfuckers.)

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Nicole Alvarez
May 04, 2026
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A Transactional Affair

My love language is acts of service. It’s who I’ve always been.

I help. I create. I grant. I facilitate.

I am an alchemist.

There is not one thing I would change about myself in that way, I don’t trust magic in anyone’s hands but my own.

An ex once told me I “overserve.” I give too much, I love too much.

Too much, a phrase I’ve come to …

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