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Lying’s the Most Fun a Girl Can Have

“I identified as a heterosexually-inclined bisexual when I started giving hand jobs for money, and I left more or less a lesbian. It wasn’t the only factor in that transformation,…

Riese —

Jun 21, 2021

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a woman looking back over her shoulder and she's biting into an apple--but the apple is heart-like (euphemism heart, not biological heart). Her face shows expressions of remorse, and guilt. pop-arty, bold colors, clean lines.

first person

Why Did You Betray Your Own Heart, Cathy?

“Last week I found one of those butter-coloured strands on my dress, and wondered. Then I realised it was one of my own, greying hairs. Ten years have passed, and…

Ellie —

Sep 27, 2018

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personal essay

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first person

I Am a Sex Idiot

I feel nothing and everything when I’m with her and I want that more than I want to protect myself. I know this will hurt me, but pain is part…

Molly Priddy —

Sep 25, 2018

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tv essay

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issues

How “Bad Girls” Made a Good Girl Gay

“The first time I left my mom in the county jail, the only person more surprised than her was me.”

Heather Hogan —

Sep 24, 2018

a+ roundtable

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A+ Roundtable: Forgiven but Not Forgotten

Forgiveness may be an attribute of the strong, but we also have the memory of an elephant.

the team —

Sep 24, 2018

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brittany and santana from glee laying in a bed, surrounded by a collage of red roses and leaves

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Evening Walks

“My brother would wander toward the TV to watch some movie, and I’d go straight for the computer and open two tabs. In one, YouTube. In the other, fanfiction.net, where…

Ria —

Sep 20, 2018

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