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-4 posts tagged "self reflection"
Emma Kirner | Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Being a twin is hard. I am so grateful for the “Aww, twins!” reactions that I have received over the years, but that visibility comes with the weight of comparison. I have spent minutes standing side to side with my sister, feeling a sinking feeling in my stomach as another person stood with their hands
Julianna Conley | Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Last year I was participating in a virtual internship when, in a classic Zoom silence-filling tactic, we were asked to share what we had for breakfast. The grid on my computer lit up with choruses of “toast,” “yogurt,” and “pancakes,” everyone nodding politely but with relative disinterest. When I shared that I ate cereal for
Madeline Law | Wednesday, January 26, 2022
I am not a writer. That’s what I told my friend when she tried to convince me to be a columnist. That’s what I told myself when I tried to convince myself I shouldn’t be a columnist. Obviously it didn’t stick. So welcome, dear reader, to my origin story. It happened last week, and involved
Matthew Williams | Wednesday, August 30, 2017
It’s a summer afternoon in the sculpture garden. The Washington D.C. heat makes it feel like you’re walking through a sauna dressed in ski gear. So, people are coming from all corners of the mall to meet at this post-modern park’s focal point: a circular fountain with eight dueling jets of cool water. I sit,