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Both and Nothing, by Anon
“Mom, how do you know what gender a baby is?” She looked up from the dishes I didn’t like that look “Oh, moms just, know!” “But how?” And...
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- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Hidden Truth, by Julie
I didn’t come out again this weekend. I defended people who do. I’m not really in the closet. Everyone who matters and most of the people...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 7 min
You Dance, by Kerry Pray
When I was a little girl, I started to see a woman when I prayed. My eyes were always closed when I saw her, though I wasn’t always...
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- Jul 26, 2021
- 7 min
Response to Student Evaluations, Sarah E. Smith
You’ve asked me to write a response to my student evaluations. I’m sitting in my living room, my feet are cold because I haven’t been...
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- Jul 21, 2021
- 9 min
Letter to my Father, Anon
Dad, Hi. I want to talk to you about something really important, and I ask that you listen with an open mind and open heart. I know...
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- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
by CJ Connor
I was on a bike ride during my junior year of high school, the first time I recognized that I was not cisgender. Biking was one of my...
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- Jun 2, 2021
- 1 min
Swimming Lessons, by Kerry Pray
I tried to write a sad poem because the ache had gone from my head to my chest and I Couldn’t remember why it was I’d decided to take a...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Elephants Worship the Moon, by Jaclyn Foster
Elephants worship the moon Or so I've been told, waving branches and boughs in their holy places. The moon never answers back, of course,...
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- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
Lilith, by Elle Mae
You would do anything for me, sure You never loved me the way I loved you You only love me when I'm gone He only loves me when I'm here...
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- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Linear Time, Anon
A thousand years ago I stood on the passenger seat of your car, head through the skylight, arms high up in the darkness, hands waving at...
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- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
My Wish, by Sariah Starr
I wish I could understand it. I wish I could explain it. When he’s here the grief is overwhelming. The grief that it’s not her. The grief...
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- Mar 7, 2021
- 7 min
Homemade Love, by Bex B
In a bread mixer bowl (not a bread maker) · 5 C. freshly ground whole wheat flour · 2 generous T.s of SAF yeast · 4 ½ C. very warm to hot...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 6 min
Left of Centre, Anonymous
“Oh! You’re left-handed!” I whispered to the woman in the dressing room of the temple, as if I had just discovered the most phenomenal...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 8 min
Night in a Time of Covid, by Zina N. Petersen
She knocks reluctantly on the door and waits a long three minutes for a porch light to pop to sad yellow life. The door opens but the...
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