Category: 2022 Winter – Traditions
Braided
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Nomi Siegelman I spent my adolescence in an Orthodox Jewish community. During those same years,...
Read MoreAhhhh, Tradition!
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Riley Quinn I must have been about three when I heard the electrifying, resonating, deep sound...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Traditions
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions, Editor's Note
Dear Community, BUMPER STICKER: Tradition is just peer pressure… from dead people. I had the above...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: umut erdem, Istanbul, Turkey
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions, Around the World
Interview by Robyn Ochs Please tell us about yourself. I was born in 1991 in Edirne, a small city...
Read MoreHow Pretty Little Liars Helped Me Leave the Catholic Church
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Em L. I’ve never really understood the distinction between traditions and habits. Throughout my...
Read MoreTraditions
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions, Poetry
By Kristin Turner Growing up, raised as an only child… Holidays mostly spent with family in...
Read MoreMaking My Own Traditions
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Content Warning: Talk of Suicide. When I learned that the theme of...
Read MoreA New Bisexual Tradition?
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Lisa Martin This year (2021) something extraordinary was done, which could (and hopefully will)...
Read MoreA Traditional Rollercoaster
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Dani Banani I used to be the person who loathed tradition. The idea was too ancient in...
Read MoreAt the Funeral
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions, Poetry
By Karen Schnurstein Her childhood church was exactly as she remembered: flooded in red carpet,...
Read MoreUnrequited Traditions
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions
By Lila Hartelius Preschool: My best friend’s friend (MBFF): “Why do you always sit by A?” Me:...
Read MoreA Transition Tradition
Dec 2, 2021 | 2022 Winter - Traditions, Poetry
By Laurie Wolfe Repeating your name Repeating your name to yourself ‘til it’s second nature ‘til...
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