Remember last year?
Cal in Color
Consider this an epilogue and a love letter to the past few months I’ve been far from home, studying abroad at UC Berkeley.
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It’s everything
It’s a Chronic Thing
These four words slip past my lips with ease like a reflexive defense mechanism. Attempting to summarize years of anguish to a person I’ve just met meant protecting them as much as myself.
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Things YOU didn’t say
Things I Didn't Say
Whether it be pride, or shyness or forgetfulness — or maybe just feeling like there’s no need — giving out compliments can feel harder than it needs to be.
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Do the goggles stay on?
Sex on Tuesday
I don’t ever want to be reduced to how I look — sex just an excuse to see me with my top off, feelings nonexistent and dependent on how often I put out.
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Just getting started
College Core
Here’s to the first ring on the tree trunk, onto the next three; and to freshman year — may sophomore, junior and senior year be each better than the last.
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The unbearable lightness of reminiscing
Cal in Color
Berkeley came to me as a surprise and as amazing as everything has been, the most rewarding revelation of all was the people that I got to meet here.
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5 seconds of insane courage
It's a Chronic Thing
That was when my dad looked at me and said: “You just need five seconds of insane courage, and you can do anything.”
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I’m afraid I don’t know
Things I Didn't Say
Looking at everything through a metaphoric lens allows me to capture it all within a narrower frame — one that’s easier to digest and given specific intention. There’s a reason for each scene which contributes to a timeline that has an end.
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The gender gap
Sex on Tuesday
I walk a thin line between approval and being tokenized: the feminine “bi” girl, an ideal threesome candidate and sexual experiment.
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Icebreaking internationally
College Core
With the advent of college and amid the stomach-dropping realization that I was suddenly “on my own,” I had come to the realization that I needed to make a new community.
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