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Even after you’re determined to start loving yourself, the world will still echo the same questions and judgements you’ve been using to crush yourself.

My Imagination Runs Wild (Or: Mom, the Manawa Dam Collapsed and I’m Thinking About Grief Again)

by Noah Schumerth | Aug 15, 2024 | Illinois, Wisconsin

A trickle becomes a torrent; a drop in a bucket becomes a catastrophic flood.

The Good Will Hunting Problem

by Noah Keene | Aug 14, 2024 | Placeless

What should we do with good art made by bad people?

Are There Still Beautiful Things?

by Olivia Harre | Aug 13, 2024 | Placeless

It is impossibly easy to spot the darkness.

Helplessly Watching

by Liana Hirner | Aug 12, 2024 | Placeless

Down in our backyard, lying next to our bushes, was a bird on their back, legs twitching.

Bleeding in Aldi

by Gabrielle Eisma | Aug 11, 2024 | Placeless

Now here I was, sweating after a kick to the face, wondering if Gina knew she kicked off of my skull instead of the wall.

By Grace

by Josh Parks | Aug 8, 2024 | Placeless

Luck doesn’t prove virtue.

To DIY a Day

by Kate Wilmot | Aug 7, 2024 | Grand Rapids

How does one make her sister feel loved when their parents have set the bar so high?

My Journey from Apathetic Independent to Civically Engaged Leftist

by Loran Vanden Bosch | Aug 6, 2024 | Placeless

I wasn’t competitive enough to care about winning; I wanted to be but I didn’t seem capable of it.

Show to Nowhere

by Alex Johnson | Aug 5, 2024 | Placeless

Infinity Train feels like my white whale of media.

Send It

by Ansley Kelly | Aug 3, 2024 | Placeless

You might find yourself less afraid of the unknown, because you have faced and conquered it before.

The ‘24 Paris Games

by Christina Ribbens | Aug 2, 2024 | France

Here’s to you, rugby.

Rating Films of Bad Movie Club

by Sam Tuit | Aug 1, 2024 | Placeless

Poor critical reception. Lines that made us burst into laughter at their strangeness. The most contrived reason to crossdress I’ve ever seen.

With Apologies to Country Music

by Abby Zwart | Jul 30, 2024 | Placeless

After about three years of total country music immersion, I’m here to ask you to give it another shot.

Ground Control

by Anna Jeffries | Jul 27, 2024 | Placeless

Life was simpler when I only had to worry about myself.

Full Circle

by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Jul 25, 2024 | Wisconsin

A lot has changed since I was here in the Midwest.

Reviewing ‘The 8 Lamest Parts of Nats Park’

by Mitchell Barbee | Jul 23, 2024 | Washington, D.C.

There’s nothing like watching Teddy come out of the gate looking like he has a chance to finally win, only to get smacked in the face by something and fall flat on his face at the finish line.