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The Big Chop: A Spiritual Transition
My cousin’s graduation party was in a few hours. I needed to get dressed, and I needed to do my makeup. But, I had just finished washing my hair, and doing it was, of course, the top priority. I stood in front of the bathroom mirror wrapped in a towel and looked at myself. My Read more
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Guam’s Teen Pageants Become a Catalyst for Service
Winning a pageant consists of beauty and brains — the typical trajectory of many. With long hours of preparation and hard work, Ken Jay Sablan Paulino acquired the title of “Mister Teen Guam 2019” and Zaria Jerese Muna Fejeran became “Miss Teen Guam 2019.” As summer passes by, both teens attempt to fulfill their mission Read more
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Virginity Tests: The Fetishization of Chaste
Her lips thicken with a hasty smile — “She is fine. Nothing to worry about.” Overcome with tears of joy, a sigh of tormented relief escapes my mother — the illusion of nurture. And I lie down, disillusioned; I, who am muddied, and impure have been stripped of my dignity once more. _ A virginity Read more
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Is Society Pulling Your Strings?
Question. Not in class, not in your group of friends about an issue, but in your mind. Question yourself. Ask why. Why are you pulling in your tummy in every picture? Why do you tilt your head like this in every selfie? Why do you go to the disco? Why are you hanging out with Read more
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Hair We Go Again: My Relationship With My Body Hair Through The Years
As a young girl, I would stare at the hair covering my legs, trying to wish it all away, imagining how smooth my legs would be without it. I would dream of the day when I would be old enough to start waxing or shaving, or do anything that’ll make my body hair disappear. My… Read more
