I have been learning Spanish off and on for the last 17 years. At times, I’d have actual classes, but I went through periods of time where I wasn’t taking classes and would therefore go without any usage of the language. Nobody in my immediate family has ever spoken or understood…
Don’t you dare call me victim
CW: Trauma; PTSD He told me what I am in no uncertain terms. I was a victim. That label felt so definitive. I was destined to be trapped in my trauma. I had been immeasurably hurt, and it changed me into a victim. And what was to come with this new title? Pity?…
We are here and we are queer
The year was 2013, and the social media platform was Tumblr. Comprising a multitude of blogs for any subculture that you could imagine, Tumblr was both an escape as well as a community for my angsty middle school self and many others. Now, I could get into an extensive discourse right now about…
drawing in the dark
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