adolescence
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this essay was originally penned in august ‘23. I recently read an online piece which discussed masculinity and femininity, and it prompted me to reflect on personal musings surrounding formations of the feminine and masculine in the early part of my life. As a young girl, I hated my hair. After each beauty shop appointment,…
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food is the longest relationship any of us will ever be in, simply, because we all eat. in my first piece, my Mediterranean breakfast, i discussed my earliest foray into the goodness and simplicity of foodways via my grandmother. she exposed me to my still-favorite vegetables such as eggplants, bell peppers and cooked spinach, though…
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as i approach a new decade, i’ve been in meditation about where i am and where i once was, in the land of youthdom. i like to think of youthdom as that exploratory period which commences at adolescence and ends upon the successful completion, or survival, of one’s Saturn return. i spent much of the…