POLLYANNA-ISH I: JUST BREATHING ISN’T LIVING
Pollyanna-ish is a column about the process of becoming (undefinable). Exploring the intersection between life and art, these essays will explore and intermingle different aspects…
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The Real Girl
I was the tiny child taken straight to hospital in Dublin. I was the tiny child with drugs, concentrated rays, no hair, enduring the…
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Don’t @ me (an interior monologue): January
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a cis, demisexual woman navigating the world in a nontraditional body? In this ongoing column,…
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People Who Get It
It’s simple. There are people who get it, and people who don’t. Though almost everyone thinks they get it, it’s actually those people who…
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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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Sketches Towards a Theory of Existence
That night in November, I had allowed my MacBook to run out of battery. The screen went dark as I was waiting for the…
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SCUM INTERVIEWS: CLAIRE SULLIVAN
Hi, we’ve decided to start interviewing great people, because why not? Today, Sian Campbell interviews comedian Claire Sullivan, ahead of her upcoming MICF show,…
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International Women’s Day
The only commodity I wish to own is a pair of Dior Onde2 sunglasses. And the only hair I want is thick, horse-brown, heavy…
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Straight White Men
I’m bisexual and I live in fear of one day falling in love with a straight, white man. I don’t talk about my interest…
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