The Vanduuras
The monkeys in Sri Lanka are something else. Sometimes you catch these sweet and tender moments between monkey families: mum, dad and baby all…
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STEPS TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF BODILY VIOLENCE
a first step, 2008: I am sixteen and it is late at night and I am walking away from a large high school…
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Consumption ritual
Content warning: this piece contains references to graphic self-harm. At seventeen, I slipped from existence. What I mean to say; I…
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Mai’s Super Sweet 16: September
This column is an ongoing experimental diary series exploring the life of a fictional teen Vietnamese girl, Mai. 3 September 2005 I’ve been thinking so…
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No offence but furries are super fucked up
I used to be vegan and a bad person Now I am just a bad person I used to tell everyone I was…
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Allen Ginsberg
I nearly bought a second- hand copy of The Fall of America by Allen Ginsberg because I thought it would help me learntowritepoetry. I…
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Flip the Notebook Upside Down Because If I Don’t Scribble I’ll Get Brain Damage
I don’t want to scribble on the pages of my Life School book. That’s what Louise calls the day patient program. She is in…
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erosion
rocks formed by water or heat: no difference in method, only material and patience I want to climb them all, you said and…
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The Bird Keeper
(Trigger warning: mental illness, suicide) The foxgloves are blooming. So are the roses, the iceberg growing up the verandah poles, and the ones…
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