personal essay

first person

87 Weeks Ago: The Night Mykki Blanco Made a Small Girl Feel Big

“I pushed and shoved and laughed and danced in big black shoes that would later bruise my feet, next to a girl who would later love me back.”

Peyton Dix

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Mar 16, 2017

health

Feelings Rookie: How to Apologize

“Even if I didn’t think I was hurting her feelings, she’s telling me I was. So what is my end game with my current strategy – make her feel badly…

Molly Priddy

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Mar 14, 2017

comedy

If I Never Came Out

A cautionary tale.

Erin

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Mar 7, 2017

first person

Feelings Rookie: Letting Anger Light My Fuse

I like to think I can control my anger, but I usually end up burning my own life down instead.

Molly Priddy

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Feb 28, 2017

first person

Shoulder Pads and Short Cuts: How Grace Jones Made Me Powerful

A love letter to the only woman that stole my heart and snatched my scalp at the same damn time.

Jasmine Reign

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Feb 21, 2017

sex

A Balance In Subspace

Sometimes, being in kinky subspace opens old wounds from an abusive relationship — but sometimes, it can give you the power to close them.

Guest

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Feb 15, 2017

first person

How Whitney Houston Taught Me the Greatest Love of All For My Queer Black Self

My journey to self-love through the influence of Whitney Houston’s life and music.

Reneice Charles

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Feb 15, 2017

first person

Feelings Rookie: A Tribute to Love

When the world feels dark, we have to find the light where we can and hold onto it. This is a story about a bright, shining spot of goodness: My…

Molly Priddy

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Feb 14, 2017

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

The Mythology of Us

People often describe fate by saying “the stars aligned,” and that’s true. Our planets collaborated through the alchemy of our bodies that night. Our bodies aligned, the stars aligned.

Cecelia

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Feb 14, 2017

first person

I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah

To take back the country for Christ, we needed to outbreed, outvote and outactivate the other side, thus saith The Lord.

Kieryn Darkwater

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Jan 26, 2017

parenting & family

Donald Trump Is President and I’m Adopting My Own Daughter

I choose her every minute of the day, and I will continue to choose her regardless of what the future brings. I choose her. For her, I will play the…

Lucy Hallowell

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Jan 25, 2017

first person

Why I’m Unapologetic About My Sensuality as a Black Trans Woman

“For me, as a Black Trans Woman, to find her body not only as something worthy and magnificent (as it is), but to find someone to share that magick with,…

Vita E. Cleveland

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Jan 16, 2017