As time has passed, it has started to hit me that my time at my undergraduate college is over. It seems like yesterday I was road tripping to different schools around the Northeast, moving into my dorm freshman year, and muddling through the awkward “new friends” phase. It’s hard to believe that I survived four […]
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1) I’m watching you get sick. The emptiness in your dark pupils, twitched irises, pale skin over your fragile body, the things you do that no one sees. The fresh cuts and old scars which you wear as your favorite accessory. The menu for your stomach is just green tea. 2) You’ve made homes out […]
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Book banning and censorship is no new subject in America, as people have been challenging and trying to get certain books off of library shelves for decades. Just this past month, the American Library Association (ALA) published its latest list: the top 10 most challenged books of 2015. This list is a part of the […]
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A collaboration of the memories of two important people. You don’t know it’s going to happen. You didn’t know the smiles shared from across your American Literature class were going to just disappear. You anticipated their disappearance with the inevitable graduation, but that kind of closure is expected. You know which smile is going to be […]
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St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow, and many of us are getting ready to celebrate with friends and family. This holiday is well known across America — as well as around the globe — and all who partake in the holiday are getting ready for music-filled parades and bellies full of corned beef. As someone with […]
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Hi, I’m Bethany and this is my story. When I walked the halls of school, nobody would talk to me. When I walked the halls of school, people would glare at me. When I put my hand up to answer a question, teachers would roll their eyes. I was Bethany Parker-Farmer, the girl with ADHD […]
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Today may or may not be my birthday, and I may or may not be turning sixteen. I know, I know — the big one-six, the sweet sixteen, the age that your favorite storybook heroine is, the age everyone wants to be or go back to being, right? That was certainly what I thought when […]
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As the terms and definitions of sexuality and gender identity become more openly used, I feel that it is extremely important to understand what they mean. The proper words used in the context of identity is a way to be respectful to others, and it can also help you shape and form your own identity. This […]
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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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