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I went to the river a couple of days ago. it was very unexpected, this: a belated birthday present from my family who needed a reason-any reason- to celebrate and get out of the house. And I am always up to celebrate. (Life is meant to be celebrated: the little triumphs and the big ones,…
Read More[We still need to work on a better title…] Reading After trying and failing to finish Difficult Women (sorry, Roxanne Gay), I impulsively purchased Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah. It’s been on my To Read List for a while, pushed to the bottom of the pile because to be honest, the cover is kind…
Read More(terrible title, I know. I’m still working on coming up with something better) Caught up as I was in my own story as a Hispanic immigrant, I must admit I am ignorant of Black history beyond what the news channels have shown me. This was thoughtless and wrong. So this week I’ve been researching, and…
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(seriously, revise this title. It’s too corny) A quick weekly list of three things and/or experiences I am reading, baking, watching, or otherwise enjoying. These are the little things that are adding joy to my life, even if in small, barely-noticeable ways; the things I would excited chat about in the group convo with my…
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New York City, late March. It has just snowed earlier in the week, and dry cold seeped through my old coat and deep into my bones. I made the acquaintance of an Australian girl, and together we braved the metro system at 11pm just so we could see the skyline at night. We talked about…
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In my early twenties, I learned about skincare the hard way: after one too many days agonizing in front of the mirror because my skin was covered in angry red pimples and embarrassing scars resulting from picking said pimples. I still cringe looking at the pictures from those years: my face ashy and dry, not…
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Life currently: my emotions are swinging unpredictably like a broken pendulum. One moment I am content, the next I’m binge drinking tea in the hopes it’ll soothe me (the world might be ending, but we’ll always have tea time…) One day I am doing all the right things–baking and journaling and reading and talking to…
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While debating whether or not I should take a digital detox, I scrolled too far down my own instagram feed (admit it; you do it too from time to time.) Instagram became my second journal when I wasn’t looking, a more polished version of the thoughts that constantly run through my mind. Some of these…
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Ha! Trick Question. The truth, dear reader, is this: I am getting tired. And I am scared. And, sitting before my laptop, writing this in an empty room, my phone buzzing madly next to me as my friends and family reach out and comfort each other, I feel rather lonely. Sometimes, you cannot save the…
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