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Earlier this year, I celebrated Ramadan for the first time with my girlfriend. It was a special moment for the both of us, and the first night we broke…
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November 2022

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September 2022

I’ve always been a fan of YouTube videos documenting anticlimactic, everyday things. Whether it’s watching a college student narrate the process of…
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For whatever reason, I was so obsessed with the movie Roman Holiday as a teen, and particularly proud of the main character, Ann, for choosing to…
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August 2022

One of the greatest skills a person can have is the ability to reply, “I don’t know,” when asked a question. It might seem like a phrase unattached to…
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July 2022

I used to think I needed a husband. There wasn’t any other option in my mind. I used to daydream about what he’d look like, how he’d sound, how he’d…
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June 2022

Before today, I was feeling a lot of despair. I had trouble on my mind – endless anxiety and sad thoughts and nightmares that made it hard for me to…
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April 2022

I don’t want to talk about my job, or lack thereof. I don’t want to think about my mental health. I don’t want to read another text message. I don’t…
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March 2022

Last week, my girlfriend and I decorated a poster, and I watched in shock and horror while she quietly filled in block letters that read “GO!”. Whenever…
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At 3:30am on February 19th, I woke up in a chilly room in northern Ohio thinking about my great-great-great grandparents, their aunts and uncles, their…
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January 2022

The song sparrows made a home outside my window long before I arrived. When I moved into my apartment in February 2020, I discovered their nest outside…
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August 2021

When I was in middle school, I watched from the back seat as my mom pumped gas into her car. I saw her pause, then gasp as a dove landed on the hood of…
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