The first time I stepped aboard the Wavertree, or “the largest surviving wrought-iron sailing vessel afloat in the world,” was in 2025, for the Tyler McGillivary Mermaiden fashion show. I was seated front-row next to Rachel Antonoff, which made me feel way more culturally important than I am, and all the models were dressed like Sirens and the sailors who have sex with them. The second time I got on the boat was for the Dream Baby Press “I Heart NYC” reading at the end of August. And I was pissed.
Matt Starr, the founder and face of Dream Baby, had not asked me to read, and so that night I was just a guest. Dear Reader, I did not feel culturally important at all. Where the fuck was Rachel Antonoff when I needed her?