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To Find Myself I Had to Step Outside Myself
The occasional twist and turn of the highway in Upstate New York is the only thing that reminds me that we’re technically driving through the mountains. At some point, the greenery all blurs together
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Guyanese, Mexican, and American — I Contain Multitudes
I spend most days rushing between online meetings at zoom university and working at a retail store that pays me minimum wage. My feet ache and sometimes I come home to the entire house
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The Day I Learned That Hate Is Everywhere, Even At My Safest Place
The smell of stale bread, pizza sauce, and vomit lingered in my nose as I jumped up from the collapsable white-pastic lunch table, disposed of the remnants of my half-eaten lunch, and skipped out
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A Childhood Stutter, Overcome But Not Forgotten
Four words. That was all that came out. What was supposed to be a quick three-minute speech felt like an eternity of utter humiliation. I just stood there, wishing the ground would swallow me
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After 16 Years Of Service, A Firefighter Faces His Biggest Fear Yet: COVID-19
It started around 3:30 a.m. Blaring sirens breaking the silence of night. Flashing lights invading people’s homes. A heavy fog of smokiness violating the clean, early morning breeze. The fire was so immense it
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You Don’t Learn How To Survive Rape In Sex-Ed.
My high school sex education class covered everything from how to put on a condom to the various, horrific STDs you could catch if you had premarital sex. On rare, special occasions, our teacher,
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First Date
I didn’t know I was going on my first date until I was already on it. It was my freshman year of college and I spent the day doing homework in the lounge of
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Phoenix In A Pre-Lockdown Brooklyn, Rising Again Online
Four years ago, I bought an extra ticket to my first concert without knowing who to take. A friend finally agreed to come, but she hated the show. I was elated for weeks. I’ve
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Family Time Amid The Aisles
After a long day of learning about fractions and coloring, I was happy to meet my mom. There she stood with my younger sisters and her folding grocery cart. Now an emblem of my
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My Upper East Side By The Water
The sky is grey, and rain is imminent. The cobble stones press into the thin soles of my shoes. The air is just as cold and wet as I remembered. Alone, walking along the
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