Category: Moments
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We, the People
Anyone can tell you what is legal and what is culturally accepted are two different things. Weed and alcohol are two easy examples. Both are illegal in certain places and with certain groups of people but culturally it is accepted. Some people follow the rules, others break them, some people are held accountable and charged…
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Home
Home. This word is full of different meanings. Is it where you keep your clothes? Where your pictures are on the wall? Where you grew up? The last place you lived? The last place you slept? When I landed home in America, after a long flight with only one carry one suitcase and a backpack,…
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2018: Lean On Me
Thinking back to December 2018 in Bushwick, when I was wearing my onesie, crying that the cold weather would kill me compared to today, with a high of 85 feeling like 90 splashing into the freezing water at Bondi to cool off. What a difference a year makes. 2018 gave me some crazy experiences and…
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2017: Truth
These have been some dark days in 2017. With liars and manipulators running our nation, gun violence, and natural disasters lurking around every corner of the world it is hard to find hope. The idea of truth and its allusiveness or its subjectivity has run wild from every media outlet in these United States. As…
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#ShePersisted
When people say this to me: “You are so loud.” “Stop being so intense.” “You are, um, aggressive.” “You should get your nails painted.” “Are you going to change?” “Hey, smile!” “So, why are you single?” “You’d be much cuter if you were smaller” “Don’t write, its dumb” I say this: I will be intense;…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 