Identity

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Miss Twenty-Something

Lately, I can’t help but ask myself: am I old or just getting older? 

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I Wish I Were A Ladybug

Every Sunday, as I sit at a desk in the library, or whatever other study space I have chosen for the day,

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Piano, Singing, and the Santa Dance: Finding What I Love

I have always really loved singing.

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Unbeautiful Becoming: The Aesthetics of Growing Into Yourself

It has never been easier to romanticize your life.

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Checklist for Bodily Autonomy Amid the Male Gaze

After a two-year hiatus, the second season of Euphoria came tumbling back in with a messy start.

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decline

I scheduled my life around these substances while I was home in Houston; the amount of Netflix and fanfiction I consumed comprised a heaping portion of my one meal a day.

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How Wide Am I? Asks the Mind

I am what you call ‘a mind.’

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I Must Say I'm from Texas

“So where are you from?”

That’s a loaded question.

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Body Horror

Body is a word that weighs heavy on the mind tonight
as it does almost every night, tomorrow, and the day after

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Gardening Lessons

During midsummer's stickiest days, Tatay would tend his garden until the sun started to fade.