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Friends with Selfishness
I had this friend for the most part of high school. She got close with one of my close friends and then I became friends with her. I didn’t know how I felt about her during the beginning of freshman year, but I warmed up to her. So did my other friends. The five of us were a group. Always together and always talking. We even have a group name, we called ourselves the ‘strawbabies’. We didn’t actually call ourselves that, but that’s what our group chat was called.
By Grace Mickish8 years ago in Humans
Exes and Oh's: Part 15
MARLEY Normally, I slept soundly, peacefully, with no worry in the world. Tonight was different. I could feel it in the air, in my gut. Something was wrong. Tired of tossing and turning, I got up from my bed and grabbed my robe, snuggling into the thick fabric as I exited my bedroom and headed towards the kitchen. The house was dark, but I knew my way around enough to reach the refrigerator unscathed. While I decided on whether to make some hot chocolate or tea, I heard my phone ring in my bedroom and glanced at the time on the clock above the fireplace. It was two in the morning.
By Sharlene Alba8 years ago in Humans
Three Years
The memories of us feel like poison in my veins, but the pain I feel at the thought of you does not matter because I still love you. You may be gone now and on to someone new, but the nostalgia of the smell of your hair and the touch of your fingertips still sends a chill from the back of my neck to the tip of my spine. Sometimes, I swear, I smell your cologne on my sheets or feel your hands on my skin. Thoughts of you plague my mind 24 hours a day—when I sleep, I dream of you and when I wake, I think of you.
By N. Ferrier8 years ago in Humans
3 Useful Counselling Skills to Help Your Relationships
Counselling skills are what therapists use when working with a client. You may think that only counselors would have use for these skills but you would be wrong. Anybody can make use of these skills to improve their relationships, become better listeners, or be more of a support to their friends and family.
By Jessica Purvis8 years ago in Humans
A History of Transgender People, Volume I
Important note: Historiography is a living science. It evolves with the sensibilities of those who practice it and the cultures that consume it. It's the science of how we do history. Originally, the idea posed by the Greek historians was to pass on a story that was engaging and compelling and they would use that story to tie in a moral. Obviously, modern historians tend to shy away from this model in favor of a more rigorously sourced and researched method that is much harder to read.I'm not a professional historian, and as such, I'm not bound to the state of the science for the sake of my professional reputation, such that it is. So I am free to tell an engaging story at the expense of not having ready access to primary sources, because again, I'm a hack. And because I'm a hack, I'm going to try to make sure that you won't get bored of my writing. So I'll keep it relatively short, tell one story, and break my combined knowledge up into ten sections.
By Sophia-Helene Mees de Tricht8 years ago in Humans
Dear Jabez
Dear Jabez, This is a letter to you Jabez because trying to speak with you is like trying to train a mustang to be a domestic animal. I'm not calling you an animal, I am stating the fact that it is difficult to get into a conversation with you.
By Anonymous Dreamer8 years ago in Humans
An Open Letter to Women With Romantic Issues With Men
"Dear Isaiah Mustafa: Defending Men Everywhere Against Daddy Issues" and "Chick Flicks; An Open Letter to Women With Romantic Issues With Men"
By L Stone8 years ago in Humans
The Audacity of Silence
Introduction Language is a crucial instrument for the existence of individual identity and the expression of personal ideas. Human languages serve as universal platforms upon which people can discuss and debate shared ideas to improve upon the existent societal or physical constructs. Many theorists and linguists have explored the concept of limiting language as a function of fundamentally altering an individual’s thought process and perception. Alternatively, language manifests the human experience and acts as a reflection of the hardships one encounters. During eras of political oppression, language can demonstrate the enduring and adaptive characteristics of a society. Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a complex and intergenerational tale that explores the events and contemporary relevance of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
By Leo Xu8 years ago in Humans
10 Relationship Podcasts That Can Help Solve All Your Love Problems. Top Story - July 2018.
It's super normal for couples to butt heads and disagree on certain things in a relationship. You're definitely not the only one getting into arguments with your loved one; even I deal with so many difficult situations with my boyfriend. We'll start to argue every now and then, but it used to be much worse in the past. The two of us would strongly disagree on things and it would often take a few days to solve the issue. There were times when we didn't even solve anything but pushed it to the side, which was something we shouldn't have done.
By Penny Newton8 years ago in Humans
Love and War Are the Same Things in Our Digital Age
It was the first time I realized playing hard to get existed outside of Katherine Heigl romcoms and the pages of Gossip Girl. Summer vacation had dawned in the tenth grade and I elected to spend mine on a student exchange in small-town Australia. My host was Mackenzie, one year my junior but leaps and bounds more experienced in everything that made up our late night conversations. Coming from a tiny, private, all-female school, I found this girl astounding; she seemed so effortless, but all at once had command of her closely-knit group of friends and boys as far as two towns over. To me, still a never-been-kissed kind of innocent, she was the messiah of all things love, sex, and bearing two X chromosomes.
By Ash Man8 years ago in Humans
The Mirror (Part 2)
I woke up to loud banging on the door. The police were there again. That must have meant I drank myself into oblivion again and he tried to call. I groaned a little and then got up, answering the door in just my t-shirt. "What is it this time?" I know I'm being more rude than necessary, but come on. It's... Oh. It's 1:30 PM. I didn't go to work after sending out... something about text messages? I don't know what he's talking about, but I assure him that I'm fine, I have no desire to hurt myself. That I just had a bit too much to drink and was probably acting irrationally.
By Kayleigh Lynne8 years ago in Humans
Half Past Weird
Half Past Weird The big man entered the bar and looked around. He wore a torn denim shirt and khaki pants and sported a tattoo on his right arm that displayed the Marine Corps emblem above the words “Semper Fi”. He had just come from work, a fact made obvious by the yellow plastic “hard hat” he still wore and the sweat spots under his massive arms. As his eyes adjusted to the semi-darkness, he continued to scan the room. The room was unadorned except for neon-lighted beer signs. There were stools along the bar and a row of booths along two walls. Finally, he saw the other man seated in a booth and apparently reading.
By Al Nash8 years ago in Humans