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Disillusioned by the lack of potential soulmates at my high school, amidst other teenage letdowns
This newsletter is the second in a series of three essays about my freshman-year journal. You can read the first essay here. I had originally written…
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Danielle Ames
Turns out playing the tuba doesn't give you cool points, and other freshman year revelations
This newsletter is the first in a series of three essays about my freshman-year journal. Keep an eye out for the second essay in your inbox tomorrow…
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"A girl who wishes her soulmate would hurry up & she knows she should use this time to become whole w/o a man but she's impatient …
👆14-year-old me trying to figure out what she would write about if she was an author
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March 2024

The Patriarchy: The only foreign language learning tool you’ll ever need
Delete Duolingo. Thanks to the patriarchy, no matter what language you’re trying to learn, and regardless of where you are in the world, there is a man…
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“Not only am I in band, but I’m also funny, creative, and willing to try everything”
👆14-year-old me trying to figure out why she's still single
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The lunch shift Marcus ruined me
This is an essay from the vault that’s never been published. I started writing it in 2019, and like most things of that era, it went a little wayward. I…
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Quite literally running away from a cute boy to avoid being asked for my number at all possible costs
Dear God
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Eight things better than playing Michaelandellaopoly
You’re rummaging through your parent’s storage unit, looking for dark-colored blankets your mom can use to make a cave for her preschool class. They’re…
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February 2024

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November 2023

5 Business lessons gleaned from being sober at a kinky techno party
Just out of college I got a job working at the local paper where I wrote mainly business articles. I’d have to call up businesses and ask them their…
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