Category: 2024 Spring – Letters to Myself
Dear You: lose
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Nicole Miyashiro Lose people/ who were never there, lose/ the lies, illusions, truth-fearing/...
Read MoreDisney Channel Presents: Bisexual Awakenings
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Felicia Fitzpatrick Dear 11-year-old Felicia, You need to write a thank-you note to Disney....
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Letters to Myself
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Editor's Note
This issue’s theme is “Letters to Myself.” The prompt was: “Have you ever wished you could go...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: Diana Martínez, Jalisco, Mexico
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Around the World
Interview by Robyn Ochs Diana Martínez (she/her/ella) is a software engineer and leader of the Pride Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Intel in Mexico. I met Diana in 2022 at the Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Las Vegas,...
Read MoreLetter To Myself
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By strega claire manning dear you, right now you are too familiar with the lavender carpet in your bedroom closet—what once was your sister’s space, now yours—as you plug your ears to the sound of your parents fighting. right...
Read MoreYou Should Know
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Syd Shaw To be careful. I could tell you not to date that man at 20, not to kiss that girl at 16, at least not where your parents will see. I can tell you that their opinions won’t matter, not forever at least. I could give...
Read MoreYou Are a Gift to The World
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Anna Kochetkova I often want to hug my younger self and promise that I will keep her safe. The...
Read MoreTo the girl…
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Audrey T. Carroll Text reads: “whose art teacher painted over the canvas of her sunrise before...
Read MoreA Letter to My Younger Self
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Zar I have always known, felt, something within myself that was different; I could not pinpoint what, but with growing up and new experiences, I realized I was queer. What a word! Strange, peculiar? That was how I was feeling...
Read MoreTwenty Years Gone
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself
By Chelsea Bock And though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea —Led...
Read MoreThe Visiting House (To My Little Self and My Little Brother)
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Maggie Young I love you with syrup in your hair and gum on the bottoms of your shoes. Don’t...
Read MoreThree Biku
Mar 1, 2024 | 2024 Spring - Letters to Myself, Poetry
By Martine Mussies to my younger self Embrace love’s vast hues, Don’t fret over fixed boxes, Be...
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