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Posted on Mar 21, 2017Apr 10, 2017 by: Aditi Chanda

Crushes and Not-Crushes

As you grow older, you start to realize what having a crush feels like and why it’s different than just liking someone, wanting to be …

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Posted on Jan 25, 2017Mar 1, 2017 by: April Wilson

My Battle with Expectations

I’ve always felt like the only things I can offer people are the skills that come from being the stereotypical “smart” member of the class. …

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Posted on Jun 11, 2016Jul 5, 2016 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Rapunzel with a Pixie Cut by Lindsey Cole

Quotes are pretty things. They inspire, intrigue, build up courage, destroy apathy, and create desire. They are very pretty things, but being pretty never stopped a …

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Posted on Oct 9, 2015 by: Germ Magazine

Day 282

Being a teenager is lovely, even if it is different than how we had imagined it.

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Posted on Dec 5, 2014Feb 27, 2019 by: Lori Werner

What I Never Wrote by Lori Werner

Every week I step on the tired scale wondering why I want to lose parts of myself. I open the refrigerator door just to look: …

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