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?

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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

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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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Essays, Nonfiction

Life is Unfair

My brothers would lay a couple of blankets on the floor and stick the “WWF Intro Songs” CD we owned into the stereo. We’d walk through the hallway to whatever intro song we picked and wrestle. Continue reading Life is Unfair

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