By Sophie Bubrick, TIWP student Imagine, imagine waking up each morning to the faceless future of yourself—for all your mirrors have been stripped from their walls in your house. Could you handle having to create your ideal appearance based off of memory—or would you still feel that habitual need to ask your mirror questions from […]
We Were Made For These Times
By Sophie Bubrick, TIWP student Open your eyes now. Don’t be afraid. The harsh, unforgiving world welcomes you into its unpredictable arms. A baby girl’s soft, button nose pokes out of her white blanket. Her dark, emerald eyes absorb the life emanating from all around her. She will grow up as elegantly as her mother […]
A Girl Like Me
By Izzy G., TIWP student I think about the girl in Texas, or Georgia, or Alabama, sitting in the back of her Latin class, hiding behind her headphones, and her braces, and glasses and frizz. We aren’t that different. But she doesn’t dare put a bumper sticker on her car that would indicate that she […]
The World I Want to Fight For
By Pearl Biggers, TIWP student I don’t want to fight. No, I don’t want to have to fight. Whether this is fear or laziness, I don’t know. But I am not a militant. I am a creator. I hold onto love and daydreams, not anger and weapons. I am not a fighter. My heart is […]
They Do Not Teach You This In School
By Tracy Poff, TIWP Women’s Program What is school? Is school the brick building with desks and chairs? It is the place where you put your tushie in a seat and listen to someone else talk? Words don’t teach. Your life on Earth is the real school. What did you learn when you ate so […]
I Love
By Emily C., TIWP Student I love the way the ground smells after it rains—fresh and clean and new. I love the way the flowers flow in the wind, hugging each other with every gust of wind that comes their way. I love the way the sun rises and sets everyday and produces colors in […]
A To Do List of Love
By Megan Lewis, TIWP student Fall in love with the complexity of falling leaves in September. Take inspiration from your power to create—and your freedom to choose this power. Understand that what you love may someday break your heart. Find small beauties in common places like bus stops or coffee stands. Take note of the […]
The ABC’s
By Emily C., TIWP Student I am an abstract aardvark, answering astonishing arguments. I am a blubbering balloon, baffled by the big brain. I am a curious centipede, crawling to cure craziness. I am a defiant dog, defending deliberate discussions. I am an enormous elephant, evening everyone’s emptiness. I am a ferocious feline, finding fresh […]
Tell Her
By Izzy G., TIWP Student Tell the daughter she is fragile like a bird. She is fragile and can’t be spoiled, not spoiled and not sheltered, not left behind the shoulder, or alone on the bench, not looking in the mirror and afraid of what looks back. It takes time for the fragile shell to […]
Ocean Sage
By Sophie Bubrick, TIWP Student I love the sea. But I couldn’t love the sea without the air, the salty, cold, invigorating air that nurtures and makes anything seem possible. I love closing my eyes in moments like that. I love feeling sheltered from all the responsibilities and petty worries in life. If I were […]
