folkore, my summer in quarantine
I was stunned and disoriented when the world, and specifically the US, shut down back in March. As a college …
School in the Time of Corona Virus
Without a doubt, all of you reading this know the one, great cure for the Coronavirus: Toilet Paper. Go to …
Slaughtering Perfection
I am not the youngest in the Slaughter family, but I am the youngest daughter, which comes with pressure to …
Never Enough: OCD and Perfection
Take a 30-minute shower. Wash my hands. Take a sponge-bath. Wash my hands. Brush my teeth, floss, brush my teeth …
Unbound Suffering
When I was 16, my parents separated. My mother and father were having marriage issues and they ended up living …
Bollywood and Me
My name is Ashley Sophia Huq, but I go by Sophia. I’m the only person in my family with an …
Just Roll With It
It’s two-thirty in the morning. There are unfinished pizzas in the kitchen and bags of candy strewn around the room. …
Up Against the Language of the Favored
At fourteen years old, I became cognizant of the reality of crime and injustice still present in the twenty-first century. …
Romanticizing the Gaps
Take a moment to think about a childhood memory. Think about a specific thing you liked, or maybe a specific …