I feel like I left a part of me behind when I left you behind. You were all that I could think about as the plane took off. I could physically feel the weight of the longing, the deep sadness that came with having to leave you. You freed me somehow, in between the painted […]
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To the grown man who harassed my friends on the Internet: I guess my main question is: Why? Don’t you have better things to do with your time? You had so many options. She called you out for your unfunny stand-up comedy routine and a joke you made trivializing sexual violence against women. The first and […]
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I’m in a really strange place right now. My thoughts are not my own. I don’t know my rights or wrongs. I feel invisible and out of place. You say I’m fine, that you don’t hate me, but that’s not what I feel. Deep down I know you all love me for who I am […]
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Dear Cancer, I never wanted to talk to you. In fact, if possible I never want to hear your name ever again. Not in the campaign for awareness, not from the mouths of my relatives and friends, not from that MCR song that Twenty One Pilots covered, not even from myself. Yet I write to […]
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To the girl in the middle of the Stanford Rape, You deserve a name. You are more than ten syllables. I will call you Bella. Bella, because you are beautiful. Or perhaps Brianna, Because you are strong. Maybe you are Philomena, Because you are courageous. Meredith, like the lighthouse you mentioned, Wilhelmina, for your determination. […]
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Dear Taylor Swift, I write this letter to you regarding the recent release of your “Bad Blood” music video. I can write nothing but praise. Strong women kicking butt is truly what I aspire to surround myself with in life, and here you have created a world where that dream is reality. However, I find […]
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Dear Disney, I suppose we’ve reached that point. Don’t play coy and pretend not to know what I’m talking about. It started with Cinderella, and now it’s Mulan. You’ve entered the era of Disney remakes. I ask you, have you run out of new ideas? Or is it something far simpler that I’m not seeing. Are […]
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