“Bone Crush” by Ella Erickson

When nights as heavy as this oneseep into the rips of my skin,I don’t know what to do with myselfor make of this mess I’ve found myself in. I imagine stuffing my pain into a pot and boiling it;melting my ache into something digestible and temporary.I long to swing an axe against my sufferingand peel…

“What Became of Jacques?”

Written by: Jessica Minster Nynette had surrendered to the whims of solitary confinement in the city of Paris. It was not confinement on the basis of law or punishment, but rather it was of complete chance. She had not stopped going to the same places she would go, to the farmers markets or the cafes…

Hi Atticus! Written by Dynasty Greer-Gipson

Hi Atticus!It was already nighttime. Like a sloth, I strolled into the store, lugging my feet behind my mother’s cart. It felt like I was carrying a giant stone in my backpack (really it was my textbook). Why didn’t I leave it in the car? I thought stifling a yawn. When I turned my head…

Inanna to Aphrodite: Cross-Cultural Analysis on Women’s Agency

By Brooklyn Christofis The construct behind social agency is not one limited to the modern age. Nor is it an entity of its own self, as many factors play a role in determining the power, rights, and overall livelihood of the individuals living underneath its reign. From the beginning of the first recognized civilization in…

A Summer Day

The young guard was bored. Staring at the cloudless cerulean sky and the golden sea of sand beneath it while listening to distant cries of pain and strife had ceased to interest him. He wanted a skirmish to start somewhere in the mirages swirling at the edges of his vision, longed for a job to…