By Stella Pollock, TIWP Student In today’s society, the word insecurity often comes up in conversation. Insecurity can have a different meaning to each individual as well as what these insecurities are. They can vary from appearance aspects to personality traits, but regardless of the shape they take, insecurities have the power to shape their […]

By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student I saw my mother’s face light up as she bit into one of the cookies I made her. I saw my sister, exhausted from a long day at work and hungry for dinner. I saw my dog missing my brother, searching for him around the house as he was out of town. I […]

By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student Everyone has a different definition of what it means to be a strong woman. Whether that means not relying on a man for certain tasks, or having the strength to speak up for themselves, it seems as though many definitions exist in the world of what a firm-standing woman looks […]

By Clara Becktold, TIWP Student After winter break ended, I dreamt that I was already at high school graduation. My childhood was officially over, and all my classmates and I were ready to go out into the world and live our lives as adults. I remember thinking, “How could this be? Just yesterday, it was […]

By Reagan Kaelle, TIWP Student For those who are silent, I see you. For those who scoff at women in positions of power, and who look away when the protest signs are graphic or images of bloody hangers flash across the screen, I see you. I am all seeing, my eyes burn across the country […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student One would think it easier to sleep when the waves rock you like your mother once did, but I find the seas too calm and my thoughts too turbulent to find solace in slumber. Nevermind the fifteen hours I just stood on my feet, nevermind the battle just lost, nevermind […]

By Audrey Lambert, TIWP College Student Airplanes are weird, especially when the flight is so short you can’t adapt to living in that liminal space. Normally I use that sort of unsettling time chunk to do homework or read or write, but this time I had just come off of writing a ten-page midterm essay […]

By Eva Sway, TIWP Student “It’s so cold!” I hear Sydney, the most dramatic girl on our water polo team, yell. “Ahhh!” another girl screeches. The kids coming out of the pool look pale and they are shivering. I just started water polo so I can not slack on warm-ups or anything. Arms behind me, […]

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student How fragile do I make my words when I commit them to paper, how lost are my thoughts when I give them voice? The wind does not remember, and the written word can burn. All I have said or thought can be and will be lost, not a single thing […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP Student To be a teenage girl is tiring.It’s a constant battle with yourself and others, a captivating yet strenuous time of self-love and self-hate,trends, and diets galore: “burn 200 calories in 10 minutes,” “do this workout for instant abs,” “low-cal recipes to lose 10 pounds.” I thought I looked good the way I […]