Two years in
I don’t know what the proverbial pot at the end of the rainbow was that you were imagining on May 9, 2019 but this feels like a pretty good one. Continue reading Two years in
Category: Nonfiction
Talk Vomit about sex and relationships in YA lit
by Mary Stathos I am 13 years old. I am walking to my locker between classes and my friend Jess walks up to me to give me a book that I absolutely need to read. Smack by Melvin Burgess. The book, which was given to her by our English teacher, is now mine to read. I don’t even know what drug the 14 year old … Continue reading Talk Vomit about sex and relationships in YA lit
What Are You?
I discovered that having a race, like having a gender, meant playing a social role. I was being categorized. Continue reading What Are You?
A Grand Vision
Masterchef is want freed of threat of its conclusion; Masterchef is life without fear of death. It is banal and unending. Continue reading A Grand Vision
I tried toxic positivity for three days and here’s how it completely changed my life!
We see it, we hear it, we know it, but do we live, laugh and love it? Continue reading I tried toxic positivity for three days and here’s how it completely changed my life!
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels
I am twelve years old when I realize I am different from the other girls my age. Continue reading Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels
Coffee Mug
We stood in a circle in our high school’s dirt parking lot, passing a spliff. Continue reading Coffee Mug
Shotgun
We’d pause in parking lots, unfurling plastic bags of convenience store candy. Ninety-nine cents a pop. Continue reading Shotgun
What I Thought About Normal People
What if things go south and you’re reminded that there wasn’t even technically anything there to be upset about in the first place? Continue reading What I Thought About Normal People
My old pants don’t fit me anymore
I am in probably the most stable period of my entire life and yet somehow I am longing for a time where I was skinnier, but absolutely miserable. Continue reading My old pants don’t fit me anymore
