By Elle Gordon, TIWP Student Inspired by the article A Rational Case for Following Your Emotions by By Amanda Mull for The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/emotions-arent-irrational/592486/ Self-transcendent emotions are thought of by many scholars to be what connects us all and what we need more of to help heal the world. They are empathy, gratitude, and awe.Continue reading “Welcome to Episode 10 of My Podcast: Self-Transcendent Emotions”
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The Wise Woman
By Ellie Hawkins, TIWP Student “She walks in beauty, like the nightof cloudless climes and starry skies..” —Byron She walks in beauty like the nightof cloudless climes and starry skies,her glowing hair, a shining light,she can convince you with just her fearless eyes.Born with the strength of a thousand mothers and the fire of aContinue reading “The Wise Woman”
Dear France
By Elle Gordon, TIWP Student Dear France,I’m curious as to why you have the stance on the amendment you try to advance to enhance your nation. What’s the motivation? Because right now I can only think of one. Only one reason why you would say, at 15, someone can fanoodle with your son, but ifContinue reading “Dear France”
Numb
By Olivia Uzuncan, TIWP Student I’m not quite sure when it happened,probably when I was 13 or 14,when all of the terrible things going on in the world didn’t scare meor worry meor cause me to lose sleepbecause all of a sudden I was numbto school shootings,to rapes,to racist violence.Another day, another tragedy.And looking backContinue reading “Numb”
The Life of A Girl
By Elise Flagg, TIWP Student Wake up.Hopefully you’re alone. Eat, but not a lot, because you don’t want to be bloated all day.An apple will do just fine this morning.Maybe even half. Get dressed.But be careful,you don’t want to be a slut.Don’t cover up though,show some skin! Be confident. Grab a purse on your way out. Forget style:what’s the hardestContinue reading “The Life of A Girl”
A List of Misogynistic Things Boys Have Said to Me Before and What I Wish I Said Back
By Elise Flagg, TIWP Student Women aren’t funny. I hear this one a lot. Boys like to use this a lot when a girl makes a joke and they don’t get it. The “F” in women stands for funny. (I don’t see an “F” in men either.) But really. Why does someone’s gender determine ifContinue reading “A List of Misogynistic Things Boys Have Said to Me Before and What I Wish I Said Back”
Who Is A Woman If Not In A Dress?
By Elena Tamagno, TIWP Student I’m not a girl. There’s no way I can be a girl, right? I don’t like skirts, or dresses, or those pink-colored bedsheets. I cut off all my hair and half the people I ran into thought I was a boy or just refused to use gendered terms near me.Continue reading “Who Is A Woman If Not In A Dress?”
A Midnight Nightmare
By Elena Tamagno, TIWP Student I can hear cracking and creaking in the floorboards at the base of my bed every night. I can hear my parents above me in their room, and I can hear my sister’s hushed snores from across the hall. I know it isn’t them. The cat is curled up nextContinue reading “A Midnight Nightmare”
The Bookstore
By Elena Tamagno, TIWP Student I have a window that I sit by in the morning. I watch the rain fall in the winter, the sun come up over the valley in the summer. Something just feels special about that weather. I see people pass me by. If you look closely enough at the crowdsContinue reading “The Bookstore”
Cinderella, JD
By Kiera Roux, TIWP Student Cinderella climbed up the dusty ladder to her attic bedroom, tumbling onto her bed and kicking her shoes off with exhaustion. Pain throbbed up her back and neck from slouching over the floors to polish them. Her stepmother and sisters had gone to bed, so she could finally splay outContinue reading “Cinderella, JD”
