<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Siena Chris]]></title><description><![CDATA[SienaSpace]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:55:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[25 lessons I learned at 25; ]]></title><description><![CDATA[25 Lessons I learned at 25]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/25-lessons-i-learned-at-25</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efd47c9c473bf6b76f5ec9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:13:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_4a1e497486564f5ab0c952403e660996~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linked In post 9/23/24]]></title><description><![CDATA[As someone who is looking for a full time job in their field, I have been spending quite a bit of time, arguably too much time, on Linked...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/linked-in-post-9-23-24</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6703f42e163adbb0bfdbdf20</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:46:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detached and Desperate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thoughts from May 2024]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/detached-and-desperate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664560a30f0d883d1124c36f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 01:39:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philly in the Snow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snow in the city is disgusting. 12 hours after the first snowflake hits the concrete, the city snow gets covered in litter, dirt, piss...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/philly-in-the-snow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65afeceb1412d8ee7d9a2cb0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:51:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_dc048f13eeac4207a044d16a26e20a59~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Iran to Philadelphia: How Two Cities can Connect Two Strangers ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Protesters march down N Independence Mall W at the Freedom March for Iran on Nov. 19, 2022. THE HISTORY: Iran has not been the same since...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/from-iran-to-philadelphia-how-two-cities-can-connect-two-strangers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6395e456f12d4125e8a06097</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 14:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_2df6268eae9f4811b9c53cdf436b11a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnt Out;An Exploration on the Effects of Drag and Burn Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[For an outsider, Drag may look like a way for people to express themselves through performance, make up, dance and music. However, for...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/burnt-out-an-exploration-on-the-effects-of-drag-and-burn-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">637192679bf4f3c7ab489874</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:26:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_445041c12f874f52902cde9e976d7948~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deleted Instagram for 3 months and this is what happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are here to read about how deleting Instagram woke up my spirit and how I have grown to be bigger than this mechanism which was...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/i-deleted-instagram-for-3-months-and-this-is-what-happened</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6223a51a3daf1de3ec05e5a2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:05:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Take on Lunar New Year and Some Thoughts I had Photographing Chinatown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Words and Photos are by Siena Christopherson, All photos are at the bottom in a gallery The streets of Chinatown are covered in red torn...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/a-take-on-lunar-new-year-and-some-thoughts-i-had-photographing-chinatown</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61fc1909aa7eafb040b6f933</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_82e2e5b713174a70ae5d2056841ecaa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journey to Election Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Political lawn signs litter the November grass all across the Eastern Pennsylvania area. The seats up for election include District...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/journey-to-election-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61bbada7ca482f00161f8e3b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:22:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_faf01406741a460f864216b52d43d781~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandoned Shenandoah.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abandonment is dread to the humankind. Centralia, Pa is an abandoned mining town that contains an active mine fire underneath the town....]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/abandoned-shenandoah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618f2dd7c9d139004d6f94de</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 03:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_7a2b1897783a4d47a57b1a1df36c8b24~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[i]]></title><description><![CDATA[i think my hands were meant to create art. there is an uncomfortablility in silence and stillness. like i need a distraction or a reason...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/____i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ef7da5cf9e01a0017db2080</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 23:47:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_df8bf74b87824ab3a5d846a51c44b334~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_677,h_471,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[i wish it was snowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[like most, i struggle to keep mentally sane during this period of isolation. My father works in a lab that makes the covid-19 test kits...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/i-wish-it-was-snowing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ec2a8e71164b800178f60ef</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 15:26:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[dear apartment 5C]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear 5C, I have never cried as much in my entire 20 years of life, as i did between your walls. Your white chipped paint has seen me bend...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/dear-apartment-5c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e4881e10e01ea0017cbdfa6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_3166753a8e674702a8d5608978abefee~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_360,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I have realized?
]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a lot I have done in the past 3 months since moving back home. I have realized that there is strength in saying ‘no’. I have...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/what-i-have-realized</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e139f1fad20b60017582d42</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:58:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me explain]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have the compulsive need to constantly explain myself to everyone so here it goes. I dreamed of living in New York for my entire life....]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/let-me-explain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d9f444394f7650017d47450</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:46:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[when do you know you should pray more? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[i should pray more. I think about all that God or spirit or the universe of what ever the fuck, has given me and i laugh. because i still...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/when-do-you-know-you-should-pray-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d6d42711b190f0017cf1167</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_d635977677c542be89b6dcd07cebc7be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_415,h_311,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[updates from an anxious train and my thoughts on grass]]></title><description><![CDATA[remember in physics we learned one of the laws of newton or whatever his name was. he said what goes up must come down. I think about...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/updates-from-an-anxious-train-and-my-thoughts-on-grass</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d5ec29af4c37c0016d3f321</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_90f02b78fb75455f8ce2cc8053d8b1ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_844,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gostash, ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a grandfather that I never talk about. He was born in Tehran, Iran around the 1930s. His name was Goshtash Bakhtian. His American...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/gostash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d580f5883501a0015cebec4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:32:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_acf28e68d93149fe8ebb994b465e76dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_858,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[a super deep super sad run on sentence]]></title><description><![CDATA[every since my last relationship I have had a problem with love, like i’m fine with the sex part and all that but the emotional part is...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/a-super-deep-super-sad-run-on-sentence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c9299bca23263001c4c2e26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_c3caf90540e1465d9549b72039edb30a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[not brown enough, not white enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human nature draws us towards the people who look like us. The people who sound like us and walk like us are usually the most accepting...]]></description><link>https://sienachris99.wixsite.com/sienasspace/post/not-brown-enough-not-white-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c800797f158c7001b2c6d95</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:48:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/421577_31d2c200cd4747ddb427061247d95e5d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_492,h_340,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Siena C</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>