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Show Some Skin | Thursday, March 25, 2021
I’ve done things differently. Tried to be other ways. Spoken more softly. Straightened my hair. Smiled some more. SLOUCHED. All to make those around me more comfortable in a world that was designed to profit off of my agony, and intentionally misunderstand me and then question WHY I’m angry. I’m angry because my screams for
Show Some Skin | Thursday, March 11, 2021
Yeah, I seem to have it together. But I don’t. Yeah, I declared a major. But I am not sure. Yeah, I smile. But I am not happy. Yeah, I am quiet. But so many thoughts run through my mind. Yeah, I seem to have it together. But the inside is under lock and key.
Show Some Skin | Thursday, February 11, 2021
“Crazy” is a term people often use to dismiss the neurodivergence they see in others. It is also a term often used to describe women/non-men with outspoken opinions. Internalized ableism and sexism push me to question myself … am I crazy? Probably. No … no, I’m not. Yes, and so what if I am! No,
Show Some Skin | Thursday, October 22, 2020
There are two possible ways the universe will end. A scary sentence, right? I haven’t even started to talk about the details yet, and the tone of this column is already pretty unnerving. The end of the universe. The expiration date of everything we know. Not exactly your typical water-cooler discussion topic. In fact, I
Show Some Skin | Thursday, October 8, 2020
I know why the caged kid cries. You would too if you only knew Tell me, when was the last time you saw the skies? The purity of white in the sea of blue That is what’s above your head But above the child’s is dread. Walls of wire, cold hard floors A frigid
Show Some Skin | Thursday, September 24, 2020
This semester, everyone seems incredibly resilient, and while I can only aspire to be at peak productivity at this time, I simply refuse to believe that I should have to perform being okay right now. Is that profound to say? Maybe. Maybe not. But maybe. Maybe I’m countercultural for always living on the verge of
Show Some Skin | Thursday, September 10, 2020
I don’t remember the first time I learned that at all times the atmosphere is weighing down on you, pressure from above, a firm presence keeping you in place. One atmosphere: the pressure exerted by all that is above you, up until the vacuum of space. About 15 pounds per square inch. For something so
Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 27, 2020
I spent a good portion of July spiraling. I ranted to those around me about how dangerous it was to pack thousands of college students into 1.2 square miles in the midst of a pandemic. I wore my family and friends out with a torrent of negativity. From the earliest of these rants, my mom
Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 13, 2020
Those of you who know me know that I have been closely involved with Notre Dame’s Show Some Skin since my freshman year. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the most welcoming, genuine and radically empathetic initiatives on campus. This school year, I’m so blessed to say I will be serving as Executive Director for our
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, April 7, 2020
When I landed from my flight to South Bend in August, I felt a sudden sharp pain in my back, my shoulders and my neck. It was so shocking, it was laughable. And I did laugh! I’ve always been that way with physical pain … paper cuts, headaches, arthritis. Pain meant sickness and sickness meant