I never accused him of sexual assault. But when I described our dynamic to him and the implications became clear, he grew upset at the way it sounded. He told me I was accusing him of something serious. He was shaken not because it dawned on him that he might be a sexual abuser, but because he feared that I would paint him as one.
Author: Angela Yang
The timeline of a love story
If anyone's nosy enough to read this, you better tell me your own breakup story in return. It's a fair exchange.
Thinness is not the virtue you think it is
Stop weaponizing fitness culture to prop up thinness at the expense of health.
Finally staying still
For once in my life, I'm no longer trying to chase the future.
None of us are good people
Why we need to stop caring so much about being perceived as "good" or "bad."
The day I got my dream job
An excerpt from my journal entry on April 24, 2023.
Vaginismus: opening up, literally and figuratively
Resources online tend to paint vaginismus as a rare condition. But after opening up to more people about it, I've found numerous women who suffer the same symptoms.
Selective mutism: I wanted to speak, but couldn’t
One day in kindergarten, I chose to pee in my seat because the prospect of asking to use the bathroom was too terrifying for me to handle.
Across the river
A really embarrassing poem about a three-day situationship from freshman year of college.