Month: November 2025

apathy

I do not feel. This morning, a classmate told a joke. The table burst into laughter. I laughed too—the sound slipped out easily. But inside? Nothing. Just the awareness that laughter was the appropriate response, like the way a vending machine knows what snack to drop when a button is pressed.  No matter how immaculate […]

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The Supreme Court Could Have Rescinded Same-Sex Marriage Rights This Month – What This Reveals about Conservatism in the US

This month, the Supreme Court was given the chance to revisit the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling and allow state legislatures to revoke same-sex couples’ right to marry. On Monday, November 10th, just four days before the Court would have convened to review the case, they declined to hear it.  This opportunity for reexamination began […]

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wildflowers

some pluck roses, thorns hidden in their palms,  to say what words cannot.  others press petals to their collarbones, hoping the smell will linger like a quiet scent, barely there. a whispered promise that fades if you breathe too deeply. even so, the soil decides more than the seed. each species, each variety,  shaped by […]

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