Hungry Hearts Row, a place filled with romance and the smells of wonderful concoctions lingering in the air, simmering and tantalizing. Hungry Hearts—an anthology with esteemed YA writers such as Jay Coles and Adi Alsaid—is a charming, simple, and uplifting collection of teen stories that speak to the issues of loneliness, family, and the desire […]
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You spend all day lining them up for slaughter, one by one onto the conveyor before bullet is silenced by brain, knife slithers over throat, hung to bleed for eight minutes. You cannot wait to get home and eat a big, juicy steak. You like it so rare that it’s still ruminating in a field […]
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If your piggy bank is always starving, then you must not be feeding it enough. How about changing the way you feed yourself in order to satisfy the pig? After all, it is that very same pig that sponsors all those trips you’ve been dreaming about. As students, we are constantly looking for ways to […]
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It’s easy to look at someone who can’t fit through a door properly and wonder in astonishment: “How did they even get to that point?” Truth is, they are just as dismayed as you are. It’s easy to write out labels and stamp them onto people; you’ll soon find that there is no open space […]
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_ I work as an intern in an office where I sit in a room with a handful of other interns. They are all females in their twenties, like myself. Pretty much every day, someone will bring in snacks to share with the group. As it neared the end of the day tonight, a box […]
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In Germany, Christmastime is the time of the year when you bake and eat a lot of cookies. One of my favorite Christmas foods is cinnamon heart cookies. They are very tasty and delicious! Ingredients: 150g (~⅔ cup) lukewarm unsalted Butter 1 egg yolk 20g (~2 tbsp) vanilla sugar 40g (~⅓ cup) icing sugar 20g […]
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As you come into your twenties, you make the transition from being a teenager to a young adult, and it comes with pressures and changes that you never expect. Sometimes it’s a little overwhelming…but I believe that in the end, you just gotta take life as it comes — despite society’s expectations. So to help, […]
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In the seventh grade, my friends accused me of being anorexic. It was supposed to be a joke. I didn’t know if I should have taken that as a compliment or been offended but, when people complimented me on how naturally skinny I am, it always gave me a sense of pride. It made me feel […]
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my organs are rotting from the inside. all i can do is rip them out, feathers in a pillow. bones pop. all i can do is throw them in the trash, smile. teeth fall. i count them one by one. tangible proof, two grams each. hide in the bathroom, try to stay safe. the kitchen […]
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