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What Drag Means to Me

Posted on Apr 7, 2023Apr 7, 2023 by Josh Flores

Growing up in a conservative family, I’d never tasted such freedom. I longed for it more than anything else…

Turning Unlovely to Lovely: Essay by YA Author Heather Cumiskey

Posted on Nov 20, 2017Jun 22, 2018 by Germ Magazine guest author

When heaven gave out locks before my debut as a newborn, my angel on the assembly line must have gotten distracted and given me five times the normal allotment. Perhaps he or she had skipped breakfast. It happens. My mane is not your normal girl’s hair, with its unenviable coarse, horsetail texture, curly frizz on […]

Ode to Passion

Posted on Jun 22, 2015Jul 6, 2015 by Juliana Zimmerman

Passion. Such a simple word, yet so powerful and well-understood. Not only do your own passions define who you are, but they motivate you to strive toward great things. My passion is singing — in the car, in the shower, at school, in my room, in restaurants. One thing is clear: Singing is prominent in […]

Let It Go

Posted on May 29, 2014Jun 1, 2014 by Annalise von Sprecken

Whether you have seen the movie or not, I think most of us can say that we have at some point found ourselves belting out the tunes of “Let It Go” from Frozen, or at least listening to someone else do it. While it is annoying at times because, honestly, half these people cannot hit […]