Autobiographicals
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My Favorite Books of 2019 and How I Found Them.
Last year, I dedicated myself to a new habit to expand my taste in books. I would read any book that would come to me by any means without looking at the blurb.…
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Why I read Morrison’s “Jazz” while mourning.
This summer, I lost a few family members a few weeks apart. For me, the loss of these relatives felt like a hole in the narrative of my life – all of my…
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Movin’ On Up
Because of a GRAPHIC description of a natural body process that women (half of the population) go through monthly – this article is anonymous.
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21 and Financially Unstable
I remember when I was a kid and my mother always warned me about growing up too fast. Now here I am in my early 20s wishing I had actually listened to her.…
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The Evolution of an Anxiety Disorder
In my current life as an adolescent sexual health educator, when I read through the statistics about LGBTQIA+ youth having higher rates of anxiety, I have to shut off part of my brain.…
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Do Donuts Discriminate Against Fat Women? – An Autobiographical
I never chose to be plus sized. It just happened.
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Oreo – An Autobiographical
As the daughter of a white man and a black woman, I’ve been called an Oreo. Black on the outside, white on the inside.