Everything old is new again

In 2010 I emigrated to England from the US. Though I’d lived there for most of 2009, and as an MA student a few years prior, this was permanent. I wasn’t a tourist, student, or testing a relationship. With 2 checked bags at max weight and as many carry-ons...

Silent stories

With Women’s History Month beginning on Tuesday, it is sad, yet fitting, to remember all the girls and women whom history has forgotten. Whether through acts of aggression, acts of neglect, or acts of nature, more voices have been silenced than we can ever know....

New Year, New Plans

While I personally don’t tend to make resolutions for the new year, the nature of the calendar turning over and holidays putting a pause on things does lend itself to a sense of affirmation, reinvention, and–if you don’t have a toddler for 2 straight...

Burdens

TRIGGER WARNING: The content of this piece contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts. To mark National Suicide Prevention Week (September 5th-11th) and World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, I’ve written about suicidal thoughts in girlhood. While...

Girls in the Slave Trade

Editor’s Note: I’m sad to say that, 3 years later, it feels as though the United States is sliding backwards. Instead of facing the horrors of the past and vowing to do better, as Germany has done in regards to the Holocaust (there’s an excellent...

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