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“They say that every generation has its monster.” It was my late afternoon media production class and me and several other communications students were huddled around a computer screen watching [...]

Growing up I had an attitude and a big mouth that got me in trouble. I was never open to critique and my home life was often filled with verbal abuse, which caused major respect and authority [...]

I sat with my back to the drywall, my legs kissing the porcelain a few feet away. My skin felt cold against the floor tiles, my hair pulled back out of my face, staring. The toilet seat was up. [...]

“This is literally the last cigarette I’ll ever have, I swear.” We all rolled our eyes. Our friend, Daniel, was a habitual quitter. I mean, he was really good at it because he quit smoking almost [...]

It was a split second decision. I headed towards a run down gas station with chipped paint and ugly fluorescent lights. It wasn’t the type of place you typically want to stop in, but I had [...]

It’s those days when just trying to think a straight thought is hard. I mean, where do you start? There’s so much you could try to tackle that all of your thoughts feel like a stampede charging [...]

I didn’t even know why I was crying. It had ended well. It had concluded like it was supposed to. Yet, with my knees pulled tight to my chest in the loveseat of my college apartment alone, my mom [...]