Beyoncé’s Tumblr

I wasn’t really paying attention to Beyoncé and Jay-Z before. What they did in their free time, their work—didn’t matter much to me. They have more money than most countries. That was all the information I needed. Then she started a Tumblr with private photos, and suddenly there was something to actually look at. Proof of how the incredibly wealthy spend their time. So I looked.

There are colored tunnels she runs through just because. Melons that cost more than your rent. Sand facials because she felt like it. Photos of the kind of life where you don’t have to justify anything because the money never stops. Each image is another small proof: I can afford this, and I don’t need a reason.

I’m not jealous. I keep telling myself that. My time’s coming too, probably. I’ll get there and fill my own Tumblr with stupid expensive shit. Or that’s the idea anyway. For now I’m scrolling through someone else’s evidence, collecting notes for a future I’ll never actually have but can’t stop imagining.