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Uncaged / Encaged [Poem]
I let you go.Do not deceive yourself into thinking Ilove you.I only wanted toHurt youI never wanted toProtect youI always tried toTrap you, like a pretty dovein a gilded cage.I never wanted to keep you. ~~~ Now read it bottom to top.
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A Pair of Click-Clack Sandals
Click. Clack. Scene A: The School Corridor Rain pattered unapologetically and unceasingly outside. The typical hum of student chatter, amplified in hopes of an early dispersal, echoing from every classroom, hall, and field in the vicinity. For once, no one was in a hurry to be anywhere. Teachers seemed less prone to arbitrary hallway lectures,…
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Casual Misogyny, Rape Culture, and Chowmein
“She should be raped.” Misogyny in our society is found in even the most subtle conversations – sometimes, it arrives in the form of tactless laughter behind you in a school bus. A few days ago, I overheard a 10th grade boy in my bus say that a girl deserved to be raped because she…
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A Rosy Lens for Romance
There comes a point in every reader’s life where they must ask themselves a vital question: how much of my understanding of the world is real, and how much is borrowed from books? After years of spending time with my nose buried in a book, I’ve realised that my understanding of love and romance has…
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A Love Letter to the Boring Days
We spend so much time waiting for the next ‘big’ thing that we forget that most of life is made up of ordinary Tuesdays. As someone who is physically incapable of sitting still, I constantly look forward to the exciting, busy days. But in doing so, sometimes I forget to appreciate the charm of the…
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A Guide on Loving People Through Music
Rule #1: Never Share Your Favourite Song Too Soon A beginner mistake. To all the sappy, saccharine people out there – the worst possible blunder you could make is offer your favourite song to someone you don’t trust fully. It’s like handing a fragile vase to a toddler and expecting it to remain intact. A…
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What Your Favourite Font Says About You
Arial You terrify me. Arial people have either fully transcended human insecurity or have absolutely no inner monologue whatsoever. You open a document and immediately start working. No font changes. You probably close all your tabs once you use them, you psychopath. You’re productive enough to: There is something so dystopian about how you simply……
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Today, I Learned Love Can Exhaust You
Heartbreak is an innate aspect of teenage life. And yet, it doesn’t feel any less devastating when it happens. When you trust someone – wholly put your faith and belief into them, let yourself be vulnerable, reveal the deepest parts of you – you are baring yourself, peeling off armor piece by piece. And when…
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Dressed in Souvenirs✧
Jewelry is my armor.Whenever I have a challenging day ahead of me, I like putting on trinkets from around the world. An evil eye bracelet slips around my wrist, cool against my skin. An airport in Istanbul at midnight. The sound of scraping suitcases and shoes along terrazzo, and the sweet smell of baklava and…
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Book Review: The Bluest Eye
“Quiet as it’s kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941. We thought, at the time, that it was because Pecola was having her father’s baby that the marigolds did not grow. A little examination and much less melancholy would have proved to us that our seeds were not the only ones that didn’t sprout; nobody’s did…It…
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“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
– Leo Tolstoy
