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“To define true love would be to ruin its purity” by Liza Gnirke, NYC

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT Well, I’m a romantic.  I guess I believe in true love, as dumb as that sounds.  It’s all about finding your soul mate.  The qualities that each of us look for will vary from person to person obviously.  But, in general, they are…well…the counterpart to your […]

“Lipstick-lesbian Fantasies” by Dotun Akintoye, NYC

“Lipstick-lesbian Fantasies” by Dotun Akintoye, NYC

topic: QUEER medium: TEXT Shall I suppress the lipstick-lesbian fantasies of my male heterosexual id for a while? Fine, have it your way. In some respects I have no idea how to answer the query. The truth is I don’t think about the issue all that much, which, if you […]

“Queerness has liberated me” by Devin D. Moss

“Queerness has liberated me” by Devin D. Moss

topic: QUEER medium: TEXT I used to try to deflect the “are you gay?” question. If I said no, I’d be lying to the world and myself. If I said yes, I’d be sentencing myself to a life of oppression. What’s a 15 year old to do? My life has […]

“Queer is a broad word” by Trina Hines, NYC

“Queer is a broad word” by Trina Hines, NYC

topic: QUEER medium: TEXT For me, queer is, it’s a really broad word, but specifically to me I use that to identify myself b/c I don’t see it as so black and white as the word gay or lesbian. It’s the epitome of the whole spectrum, so I’m somewhere under […]

“burning question” by Lee Shirk, Pennsylvania

“burning question” by Lee Shirk, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT   “Money…always the burning question…in the forefront of my mind….or is it the lack of it?….We worry when we have money…like how do protect and make it grow…Will I make the right choice?…Is this investment really worth it?…And I worry when I don’t have it, which […]

“Money is paper” by Jessica Benedict, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: text “Money is paper. It’s the means to be comfortable and not having to worry about eating or paying the bills. Having it means I can keep my family from knowing the hardships that some people have to face. You need it for survival, but beyond that, […]

“Love doesn’t exist” by Joel Thames, NYC

“Love doesn’t exist” by Joel Thames, NYC

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT “Love doesn’t exist. We are animals. Nothing but hyper-intelligent animals. Too intelligent, if you ask me. But we’re not as aware as we’d like to believe. We play tricks on ourselves in the name of survival. Self-abnegation for self-preservation. Don’t you see? This is […]

“Teach your Children Well” by C. Shoemaker, Pennsylvania

topic: MONEY medium: CONVERSATION “Ya gotta really teach your children well these days…about money and finances and all that. Ya gotta be honest with your kids from day one. I remember tellin’ my two sons one day, after movin’ into this new apartment: “Now boys, if anyone asks you, ya […]