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Category: Nonfiction

Essays

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?

Talk VomitApril 1, 2021April 1, 2021Leave a comment
Essays

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

Talk VomitMarch 1, 2021March 24, 2021Leave a comment
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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!

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Essays, in my experience

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

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Essays

Coffee Mug

We stood in a circle in our high school’s dirt parking lot, passing a spliff. Continue reading Coffee Mug

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Essays

Shotgun

We’d pause in parking lots, unfurling plastic bags of convenience store candy. Ninety-nine cents a pop. Continue reading Shotgun

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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

Talk VomitNovember 11, 2020December 16, 2020Leave a comment
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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

Talk VomitOctober 28, 2020November 11, 2020Leave a comment
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Real-life Coping Mechanisms, Let’s Discuss

If you’re tired of being scared about the state of the actual world, perhaps try instead being scared of a haunted murderous lake woman and metaphorical mouse traps. Continue reading Real-life Coping Mechanisms, Let’s Discuss

Talk VomitOctober 17, 2020November 11, 2020Leave a comment
in my experience, Nonfiction

Lovesick, Sick of Love, or Just [mentally] Ill?

I think of my experiences as being packed into a big, clunky suitcase that I haul with me wherever ago. This suitcase is kind of old and might be a little overstuffed, but it is mine to carry. Of course, everyone brings baggage into relationships — I just have a specific kind. Continue reading Lovesick, Sick of Love, or Just [mentally] Ill?

Talk VomitOctober 8, 2020January 27, 2021Leave a comment

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“In other words, the question ‘What are you?’ is not a benign, toss-it-aside enquiry from curious thoroughbred minds. It is not the question of someone who wishes to learn.” from What Are You? a powerful essay about race, gender, belonging and labels by @e_o_n_g_ #linkinbio
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“It’s fucking Masterchef. It’s eaten into my soul. It’s rotted the teeth of my intelligence like an entire bag of penny rhubarb and custards sucked without pausing for breath.” A Grand Vision by @e_o_n_g_ is live on the site #linkinbio

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