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Hot Baths

By Maia Art by Autumn Rain “Just take hot baths, leave it alone, and the pain should clear up eventually.” When I woke up around...

The gods and monsters that didn’t want me to be a girl

I grew up in a religious family and was told that, when I died, my consciousness would survive and face judgement before God. Based on an as

Learning to Live with and Love my Disabled Body

By Sarah Calise Art by Autumn Rain Let's talk about shopping carts. Since moving to Tennessee, I have given up my devotion to Publix...

Variation on a Theme of Rape Culture

Womxn, with their remarkable resilience, often bear such unjust experiences silently.

In which walking away from the impending explosion like a cool guy would have killed me

As far as near-death experiences go, I’m almost a little miffed mine started off so mind-numbingly mundane.

Eternal Sunshine of the Sober Mind

At some point in our lives, many of us experience a sudden, gut-wrenching realization that we’ve spent months or even years in a bad habit,