Thoughts from the Floor of a Bathroom During a Bat Mitzvah

By Harper, TIWP Student My sister is popular and it really is irritating me because she has 10,000 friends and I have two. Hiding in the bathroom is not the best way to spend a party. I complain way too much. I’m glad you didn’t leave me on Monday because I was hella sad about […]

The World I Want to Fight For

By Sofia Ruiz, TIWP student The World I Want to Fight For. . .  . . . is a world where every child gets to read every book. It is a world where people receive a proper education, and where people understand the value of sharing a story, of sharing a fact, of sharing a […]

I Didn’t Know This Was Inside Me

By Charlotte Houston, TIWP Student If anyone ever makes you feel small, do remember you are vast and limitless. The other day I learned that there is no storage capacity for our brains. I always thought that I needed to let go of useless information like my old best friend’s landline in order to make […]

Being Woman

By Izzi Roth, TIWP student The foot comes off the gas, and as the tires slowly grab the pebbles off the ground, it goes dark. A voice calls out “hey would you come here a sec” and it all goes dark. You step out of the house and a pair of eyes gropes you from […]

A Simple Flow Chart to Improve Humanity

By Lizzie Arroyo, TIWP student I don’t think it’s possible to make the world completely good or completely horrible. All we can do is solve the problems we see in front of us and move onto the new issues that inevitably pop up. First end slavery, then get black men the vote, then get women […]

Now Is The Time

By Loryn Nieto, TIWP student Sometimes we need try to be good. We need to swallow our pride and open our eyes to the world. We’re all tired. We’re all frustrated. We’re convinced “it’s not worth it.” Sometimes we need to make it worth it. We have to give because to give is to get. […]

Your Unfettered Howl

By Izzy G., TIWP Student You pin up your hair and buckle your shoes and smile in the mirror. You like the way the gravel sounds when it grinds underneath your sneakers. The wind makes your nose pink and you dream of the day when the love and care for yourself radiates around you in […]

On Feminism

By Izzy G., TIWP student When people used to ask me if I was a feminist, I never knew what to say. I started by answering no, I am not a feminist. I am not a feminist because feminists were “angry, bitter old women.” But I could not have been more wrong. Little did I […]

Being Woman

By Izzi Roth, TIWP Student The foot comes off the gas and as the tires slowly grab the pebbles off the ground and it goes dark. A voice calls out, “hey would you come here for a sec” and it all goes dark. You step out of the house and a pair of eyes gropes […]

Thoughts from the Bottom of a Bathtub

By Madison Alvarado, TIWP student There are no monuments for the German soldiers who fought during World War II in Holocaust museums. There are no memories of the quiet, brave soul who hid refugees in her home. There are no bad American soldiers, who piss on corpses and rape people’s daughters or shoot and kill […]