I was always a little plump. Plump meaning “having a full, rounded shape: slightly fat.” As a child, people referred to it as my cute, little baby fat, but when you’re a socially awkward sophomore in high school, the title changes. Up until the previous year, I had not given much thought to my shape […]
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I used to be a dancer. I spent twelve years of life dedicating my time to the beautiful art. My nights would be spent in the studio dancing my heart out — doing what I loved best. Dance was my identity, and I embraced that for as long as I could. When I was thirteen […]
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Something that is not talked about as often as it should be is the different types of depression people have. The only two mental illnesses I seem to hear about are anxiety and depression, but there are others that are very similar and can be confused easily. This is why many people don’t actually realize what […]
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This is one of the February Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. Scarlett was perhaps the most terrifying person that Ben had ever met. She stood at her locker, red scarf wrapped loosely around her neck, as she packed her oversized backpack with large textbooks. He breathed a sigh […]
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you told me about yellow teeth and a thin reaching fur that grew over skin then glued me to a plastic chair and made me eat pasta EAT IT ALL you said the warrior in you wild the group of you, arms crossed hair swinging from ponytails as tight as your fathers’ silence what I […]
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your father was an important man. always out on business. big suits. black briefcase. first class. he sent you to boarding school with the rest of us bleach scented secrets kept swollen beneath our tucked in shirts except on the weekends your roommate went home when you’d stand naked in front of the full length […]
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“Her Smile” is one of the July Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. I felt the hay against my feet and legs. I was lying with my neck on a thick wooden beam that separated the different sections of the stable. It wasn’t the most comfortable position, but for the […]
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The problem with depression is that it is a shapeshifter. It can blend in with the normal patterns of a teenager, young adult, or pretty much anyone. On the other hand, though, it can explode, leaving shards of glass disguised as rage at the world, when the real anger is for myself. I’m still not […]
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What is it about our emotional understanding that makes us experience the feeling of not being good enough or not having the shape we feel we need or want? About 2% of the US population has Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Body Dysmorphic Disorder According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), “BDD is a body-image disorder characterized […]
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