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Apr 24, 202415 min read
Blue Snow | Annabelle Ford
Emmy stands in front of the bathroom mirror of her parent’s house, a white hair pinched between the fingers of her right hand. It is wiry...


Apr 19, 20241 min read
The Power of the Placenta | Eloísa Pérez-Lozano
"The placenta is the least understood human organ and arguably one of the more important, not only for the health of a woman and her...


Apr 14, 20241 min read
Six Questions to Ask Your Therapist Instead of Responding to Whatever it was She Just Asked You | Hailey Spencer
1. I feel it in the calcified spaces between my ankles and my ribs, underneath the porcelain of my cheeks. Can you tell me what...


Apr 11, 20242 min read
A Storytelling | Hannah Love
I look up and see a crow, a shiny and scrawny thing, swaying from the powerline above us. It tips its weight forward as if to nosedive...


Apr 8, 20249 min read
Gifted | Elizabeth Wilson
Growing up I craved community. I was social and tried to fit in with my peer groups. At summer camp, I found short-term connections with...


Apr 5, 20247 min read
Click | Morgan Stone
My palm screams as I bash my right hand against the steering wheel, over and over. Heavy bass hammers through my car, rattling the empty...


Apr 2, 20245 min read
Contest Winner: Persimmon Kind of Love | Audrey Wu
This is the winning selection from the Sad Girl Diaries Winter 2024 Fiction & Nonfiction Contest. trigger warning: self-harm, disordered...


Mar 30, 20242 min read
The Gray Drawer | Mary Jo Robinson-Jamison
“You will find every day, that the gable of every house has its own particular look, its own special lighting.” Herman Hesse’s 1905...


Mar 24, 20241 min read
Check, Mate | Laura McDermott Matheric
Your mind-fuck questions demand answers without sourcing the heart’s own database, bypassing what you really want to know. Is your chess...


Mar 21, 202413 min read
What I Lost and Found in Poland | Melinda Mandelbaum Stein
“Folks, this is the captain speaking. We are beginning our descent into the Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport. Please return tray tables...


Mar 18, 20241 min read
Data | Lisie Clark
Instagram thinks I'm still pregnant strollers stretch mark creams leggings that grow as your belly expands spend your money on that which...


Mar 15, 202412 min read
How It Feels | Jordan Holman
I remember the exact moment she asked me like it was yesterday: the white button down shirt and red lipstick and the velvety texture of...
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