October 8, 2023

Pink hearts, necklaces, flowers and multicolored bright hydro flask water bottles on a pink background.

In the fall of my junior year of high school, the athletics program mandated an assembly for all the female athletes, stuffing our already cramped

Bailey Middleton

A girl scrolling on her phone while getting ready to go out to a party.

As I watch Bridgerton edits on TikTok, I once again ask myself, “Why do they get to dress up and go to balls, while I have to dress up and

Lindsey Smith

Yellow hands, holding a blue phone and choosing to decline the call, with green text messages surrounding the phone,

I wish you knew what I was up to. 

Caroline Silvera

A computer screen displaying John Mulaney's stand up show, and a hand holding a phone.

John Mulaney has had a tough few years. 

Eryn Rhodes

A Mother and Daughter looking into a mirror and holding each other on a violet background

Hush little baby don’t you cry

Jordan Coleman

white roses, two pens, a journal and a cup of coffee on a light green background.

Summer 2022 was easily one of the best times of my life: weeks spent in the sun and the outdoors, with friends, and a great sense of purpose workin

Susannah Baker

A green and pink moth pinned to a wall, attempting to break free.

put a luna moth in my breast 

Cassie Dallas

Memories coming out of a person's head on a neon green and blue background

My camera roll is a time capsule that launches my brain back to a specific space.

Ella Powell

A girl in a dark blue coat looking over a casket at a funeral.

Inside New Mt. Zion church, in front of the pulpit, lay the body of a man I’d never known nor seen a day in my life.

Cheyenne Butler

hand writing in the center of the page surrounded by scribbles

Dear beloved reader,

Close your eyes.

Inhale. Exhale.

How do you imagine blindness? 

Jasmine Wang

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