Category: Essay
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The Fall Of The Western Media Empire
Written by Ella Quinlan Art by Justin Bissonette My final semester of high school was not what I imagined, expected, or hoped it would be. It was 2020, and I was the Editor of my high school paper, The Brewster Browser. Due to COVID, for the first time in the…
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Icebreakers
Written by Eve Danziger Art by Lillian Anderson One day, I came across a social media post asking how many seagulls you would have to find inside of your house before you start to think someone’s putting them there. I would eventually forget about this post, but that’s what started…
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Christian Summer Camp: Jesus Would Weep
Written by Clara MacMeekin Art by Lucas Eglin The smile slips from my face the second I walk into my bedroom. It’s the first time I’ve seen it in two and a half weeks. I’m pretty sure my mom knew something was wrong (more so than me just coming home…
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Being One Of The Boys
Written by Julian Dindal Art by Julian Dindal Julian Dindal is queer, genderfluid, and transmasculine. If you had told my younger self that I would be close friends with a group of almost entirely cis men, they would have been scared shitless. As a child, I rarely socialized with boys…
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How I Found God In A Coffee Shop
Written by Madeleine Minks Art by Julian Dindal Friday, November 3rd started in the way many of my days do: with me calling my mom. I am what some might call a mama’s girl. We talk almost every day; I often call her in the morning while I’m getting ready…
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The Pros Of A Pocket Watch
Written by Audrey Orenstein Art by Justin Bissonette My first memory regarding a pocket watch dates back to Kindergarten. It was a bad day. I had just cracked my skull open on the outside wall of Nathan Clifford Elementary School during recess. There’s still a scar on my head. I…
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Catholic School Sucks!
Written by Aeowynn Ayres Art by Simone Lerner In all of my eighteen years of life, Catholic school was, without a doubt, the worst thing to ever happen to me. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am immensely grateful that I had the privilege to get a private school education.…
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Abi’s Ins and Outs
Written by Abriella Guertin Art by Lillian Anderson Disclaimer because my editors made me: These are my opinions. If you don’t like them, close the tab. I’m just words on a screen. Don’t send me an email saying you disagree. I don’t care. INs: Bold lip, no mascara Hiking boots …
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Bird Trauma
Written by Ella Quinlan Art by Lillian Anderson My mother’s taste in men is comparable to the palette of a 12 year old boy who awakened their anger by playing Call of Duty: childish, entitled, and at times, downright strange. Let my father be example A. She met him, a…
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Connectivity In (Minor) Crisis
Written by Madeleine Minks Art by Greta Scheff Throughout all three years of middle school, I had the same locker. Everyone had the same locker, and as a result, all of my locker buddies remained the same. This was unfortunate in one regard: the boy whose locker was above mine,…
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