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Overcorrections

by Noah Keene | Jan 14, 2026 | 0 comments

American society has a contradictory relationship with sexuality, one that manages to be simultaneously horny and prudish.

When we’re sitting all in one room, it’s like we’ve never been apart.

“Wow, you’re so lucky. You get to stay up late on your birthday!”

I’m keeping you guessing—which means I’m cool.

I’m certainly not above following a viral food trend (see: the aforementioned cucumber salad).

I have a voice, and for the first time in my life, I’m not afraid of it.

I’d frozen my face into a wide-eyed expression of mild panic, but I was upright.

But I knew he was too tired to talk, and so I began putting my head on his shoulder and just… watching.

When at first someone politely declines your chocolate or tea, try, try again—but sneakier.

There was a moment in my senior year when I realized, Hey, all of my opinions are just what adults are telling me.