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No, I Don’t Think You Should be Spending Money on Gacha Games
by Alex Johnson | Jul 5, 2025 | Placeless
I’m not an uptight Dutch penny pincher who believes that “fun” isn’t a line item on a budget.
On Freedom, Take II
by Kipp De Man | Jul 4, 2025 | Placeless
The feeling of being free is one I now know to be fleeting, its sheen never brighter than the sharpness of the world that cuts back.
This Is It
by Ansley Kelly | Jul 3, 2025 | Placeless
My story has had one thousand happy endings.
Crucially, Non-Cancerous
by Christina Ribbens | Jul 2, 2025 | Placeless
Given the pale faces and dropped jaws that people exhibited in response to my description of the surgery plan, perhaps I should’ve had slightly more sober expectations…
Grown-up Friends
by Sam Tuit | Jul 1, 2025 | Placeless
I realized I could sing along to a song or two from most of the regulars, and I’d started making friends.
Tiny Notebook
by Izzy Nunez | Jun 28, 2025 | North Carolina
I felt the performance begin—that stool was a stage and I was an actor.
Let This Cup Pass From Me
by Anna Jeffries | Jun 27, 2025 | Placeless
It feels a little bit like entrapment when we’re told to commit ourselves to an entire community without thoroughly vetting everyone.
There But For The
by Annaka Koster | Jun 26, 2025 | Placeless
You can’t know what you would have done under the strain of such overwhelming psychological forces. And I can’t know what I would have done.
An Interview with Shayfer James: Summoning of Art, Audience, and Self
by Sam Koster | Jun 25, 2025 | Placeless
This is a self given permission to play, to enjoy things without expectation, and to be comfortable in his creative and physical skin.
Confessions of a Deconstructionist
by Sophia Medawar | Jun 24, 2025 | Placeless
I never never ran away and planted my war flag on the hill of secularism.
I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Write That Novel
by Mitchell Barbee | Jun 23, 2025 | Placeless
I still have dozens of word docs I abandoned in my early twenties in my Google Drive or on my hard drive.
Yet Another Confession About Weddings
by Savannah Shustack | Jun 22, 2025 | Placeless
I laughed at these wedding magazines, and implicitly, at the women who read them, until this year.
Confessions of a Murder Junkie
by Emily Joy Stroble | Jun 21, 2025 | Placeless
At least you aren’t sweating bullets because you put one through a relation on the very afternoon Hercule Poirot stopped by.
Silence on Yr Wyddfa
by Rylan Shewmaker | Jun 20, 2025 | Wales
A perfect amount of quiet time, for reconnection and reflection…except that my thoughts were absolute nonsense.
Broadway Performers are Amazing, and So Are Your Neighbors
by Hannah McNulty | Jun 19, 2025 | Placeless
I have never felt lacking in amazing theatre, and neither should you.
I Want To Be Superman
by Isaac DeBoer | Jun 18, 2025 | Placeless
As cheesy as it sounds, I sometimes ask myself, “What would Superman do?”
Confessions of Someone With a Unique Name
by Carlisle Patete | Jun 17, 2025 | Placeless
I relished when a substitute teacher would do roll call and I’d prepare to say, “It’s pronounced ‘Carlisle’.”
Confessions of a Wannabe Activist
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Jun 16, 2025 | Chicago, Grand Rapids
I asked my boyfriend, “Are we bad protestors?”
Confessions of an Amoeba Pringle Man
by Noah Keene | Jun 14, 2025 | Placeless
My fourth confession: I don’t talk about this.
Confessions of a Professional Bridesmaid
by Olivia Harre | Jun 13, 2025 | Placeless
My fellow bridesmaids call me Mary Poppins for my bag full of supplies.
Compulsive Confessions
by Liana Hirner | Jun 12, 2025 | Placeless
Confession, and the elements that make up Reconciliation, became my safety net.
Confessions of a PBS Kid
by Gabrielle Eisma | Jun 11, 2025 | Placeless
We would secretly memorize Wild Kratt facts so we could regurgitate them to our parents at our next zoo visit, acting as if we’d always known that otters could be up to six feet long.
I Regret My Wedding
by Philip Rienstra | Jun 10, 2025 | Placeless
Looking back, I wouldn’t call it the best day of my life.
Confessions of a Restrained Blogger
by Gwyneth Findlay | Jun 9, 2025 | Placeless
For one post only, I’ll take a stab at getting the last word.
Confessions of a Wedding Hater
by Josh Parks | Jun 8, 2025 | Placeless
Bible passages, sermons, vows, unity candles, unity candle alternatives (beer-based)—I’ve got something to say about all of it.
Panem et Circuses
by Kate Wilmot | Jun 7, 2025 | Placeless
Is there a show that starts with twenty-four-plus contestants that are whittled down to half by the end of the first night?
Metal for Disney Adults
by Alex Johnson | Jun 5, 2025 | Placeless
Sorry commenters, sometimes Vessel does sound like the emo kid who wrote poetry in high school.
The Concession Conundrum
by Kipp De Man | Jun 4, 2025 | Grand Rapids
But what this anecdote reveals to me upon reflection is not the gleeful victory of one consumer against the upcharging corporate hegemon nor a testament to my sleight of hand.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
by Ansley Kelly | Jun 3, 2025 | Placeless
I see that conflict is most wholly resolved when we are moved by the pain reflected in the person before us.
What I Didn’t Tell You I Got For Christmas
by Christina Ribbens | Jun 2, 2025 | Placeless
“It’s sort of a parody of those angry, serious 20th writers and the people who revere them. ‘Am I a fan of that genre?’ No, can’t say that I am. But I think it’ll be funny?”
