Category: Essay
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Champlain Could Use A Soul (And Athletics)
Written by Walter Hill Come back with me to Fall 2015. Travel to Washington, D.C. and the stands of a high school football game. It’s a sunny, breezy fall day. The buzzer blares to signal the end of the third quarter. A roar explodes from the student section as the…
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The One With The Dead Possum
Written by Gillianne Ross So my friends and I are walking down the street to visit our friend at their radio job. It’s Friday, the sun is still shining, and it is band jam session time for our gang of friends. We hit Beech St, Cliff St, Bayview St, and…
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Gecko Boy To Fuck Boy
Written by Gillianne Ross Art by Gillianne Ross and Grace Monahan I was having a casual conversation with my epic eleven year old cousin the other day; I am trying to instate myself as the cool older cousin – despite being a history nerd that seems to reference everything back…
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I Knew My Relationship Was Over From A Christmas Present
Written by Sammie Lee Wilhoit I knew it was over from the moment I opened the present. Perhaps even before. The bag and tissue paper was re-used from the Christmas present I had given him a few weeks prior. A simple shrug was given in response as an apology for…
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The First 9
Written and Illustrated by Isabel Dickey For nine years I lived in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, in a tiny little cul de sac tucked into the space between Whitemarsh Elementary and the intersection at Joshua and Flourtown Roads. It was shaped like an oval, all smushed in on the right side.…
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Dear “Liberal” Vermont
Written by J.S. Dear “Liberal” Vermont, Fuck you. I fear you’re not aware of how un-liberal you are. How can you claim such a title when you cannot even accept those unlike you in your ranks. “The second whitest state in America.” Believe me. We know. There’s a reason for…
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Debate (About) Me.
Written by Artemis Walsh Illustrated by Isabel Dickey I am a person. I am also a public debate. The presence of transgender people in the public consciousness has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. As a friend of mine said, “A few years ago the general media image of trans…
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My Raw, Uncensored, Totally TMI Account Of Getting An IUD
Written by Lily Evans Illustrated by Sabrina Small I was freshly sixteen years old when I asked my mother about going on the birth control pill. When we had the conversation, I told her that it was because I had very heavy periods and excruciating cramps. That wasn’t entirely a lie, but…
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Black Men and Mental Health Stigma
Written by Anthony Mahon Art by Alyssa Luongo In 2016, #YouGoodMan began trending on Twitter after rapper Kid Cudi openly discussed his mental health struggles. Cudi’s post helped to renew and spread a dialogue about the stigmatization of black men and mental health. Two years later, it’s very much still…
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Strictly Dickly
Written by Olivia Lyons Everyone loves their best friend, but some people think my best friend and I have taken our love to a non-platonic level. For the past three and a half years that we have known each other, we have been asked how long we’ve been in a…
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