By Payton Posner, TIWP Student ~ Chapter One ~ Fog seeped from the darkness of distant alleys, dancing in flickering streetlights. The silence was interrupted by a sudden crash—something metal, maybe a trash can, echoing through the dimly lit street. Loneliness crawled up my spine like a shadow, unsettling in its quiet persistence, as if […]
Our Media Addiction
By O. Deng, TIWP Student I’ve been corrupted by social media. I know it. Every time I open the app, I get hit with a rush of dopamine that intensifies every time I swipe at the screen with my finger. Until one hour goes by. Then two. Then three. And I realize that I’ve wasted […]
If I Should Have a Daughter
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student Inspired by Sarah Kay’s Ted Talk If I should have a daughter, I would take her skipping through the trees, racing through the daisies, just to hear her laugh. I’d take her every year until she was sick of me just to catch a glance of her being young once […]
Eighth Grade
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student I’m sorry. Yes, I agree. It is my fault that I didn’t feel like trying today. That I woke up and wore a mirror image of yesterday’s outfit. That I spent no time fixing my hair. Or trying to smile. Or trying to coexist. And it’s also my bad for […]
I Want to Be Alone
By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Squeak-squeak. Sneakers hit pavement as she crossed the busy street, ignoring the disgruntled drivers who had to pause their days for an extra five seconds and let her by. She paused before reaching school, wondering if she should turn back, go sit in the coffee shop and listen to music […]
Everything All At Once
A contrupuntle by Zara Quiter, TIWP Student
If Women Ran The World
By O. Deng, TIWP StudentI wonder what would happen if women ran the world. I would probably feel safer knowing that the place I lived in was run by people similar to me. Instead of feeling unsafe and unheard, maybe I would feel included and valued. I’m so tired of hearing men saying they are […]
The Lockdown
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student On November 12, at 11:46AM, my friend and I left our class at Piedmont High School, and walked down the street into the office at the middle school, like we always do. We checked in at 11:50, and then walked to our English class. As always, we’re slightly late, due […]
True Beauty
By Lila Weis, TIWP Student I am a woman and not your typical beautiful Barbie.I am small chested.I am curvy.I am tall.I am whiter than white.I don’t grow the way you do.I need medication.I can’t be the woman everyone can be.I need help in school.I don’t have many friends.I am fearful.I am sad.But I am […]
For the Girls
By Lina Norris-Raman, TIWP Student For the girl who smokes outside the school, we all know she’s struggling.For the girls who judge her, they deceive themselves into believing they’re okay. They criticize her to avoid confronting their own issues. They belittle her to gain acceptance, to fit in. Perhaps it’s all they’ve ever sought.For the […]
The Intuitive Voice 