top of page

Sad Girl Diaries
Search


Love—Good Cooking—Leona | Julie Labuszewski
“Where’s the rolling pin?” he asked. “Let me look,” I said, sliding open kitchen drawers. Tom, my husband, darted into the basement then...
Nov 24, 20234 min read


For the Love of the Game | Shawna Hopp
The grass was wet with rain. The air was crisp and chilled. The bleachers were empty. The dome lights were off. Only the crickets made...
Nov 22, 20234 min read


Nevertheless (wasps & cigarettes) - Taunja Thomson
One summer when I was three, you heard me laughing in the backyard, insistent laughter, that of a child who had discovered some fresh...
Nov 20, 20232 min read


I stayed home that night - Laura B. Van Vorst
working on my art homework, my papier-mâché fingers draping uneven words on soggy cardboard limbs; paste dripping on the dark wood of the...
Nov 18, 20232 min read


Coffee With Half-And-Half - Bill VanPatten
Rain pummeled the parking lot outside the Country Waffle House on another gray, cheerless day in Fresno. Marsha sat alone in a booth,...
Nov 16, 202311 min read


Revealing - Megan Griffin
When the rumors start we know we are children living in adult bodies. I wonder how girls who played with me at Chuck E. Cheese are now...
Nov 14, 20231 min read


Synonyms for Female - Jonny Shae Ransbottom
Based on a 2020 Google Search Open browser Google search Syno- Synonym Synonyms for Synonyms for female …. Women, lady, girl, school...
Nov 12, 20231 min read


Happy Thanksgiving - Sarah Munn
The turkey wasn’t going to roast itself. Marla picked herself up off the floor and walked back to the counter where she’d been chopping...
Nov 10, 20238 min read


In a World Painted in Shades of Gray - Miesha Lowery
In a world cast in muted tones, a love story emerged, equally heart-wrenching and captivating. Isabella and Alexandra, their names etched...
Nov 8, 20232 min read


Barbie Power - Margaret D. Stetz
Miss Revlon (wide eyes and tiny pouty mouth stubby body outsize head— a glamour fetus) was my doll but in my class a girl had Barbie and...
Nov 6, 20231 min read


Kilter - Julie Benesh
I. We all feel off kilter. It used to be fewer, of us, so now there is more consensus. Is that an improvement? Discuss Can we agree...
Nov 4, 20232 min read


The Cliffs of Moher, July 1997 - Dorothy Bossman
The French have a term for the desire to throw oneself from a high place, "l'appel du vide" or "call of the void." Several articles...
Nov 2, 20233 min read
bottom of page
