One in Three

In the US, 81% of women have reported experiencing some form of sexual harassments or sexual assault in their lifetime (NSVRC 2021). For those who might like a definition, the legal definition of sexual harassment and sexual assault are as follows: sexual harassment: unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical …

More than I’ve Always Been

I haven't written here for awhile and honestly, I'm not entirely sure what I should be writing now. I've been thinking a lot about if I should tell my parents that I'm asexual. My brother came out to them not that long ago, and they accepted him...but...also knowing that he thought he had to hid …

Home..

I moved to Texas in 2008, and I cried every night for the first 6 months. I've lived here for 12 years and I've always felt like an outsider. I never thought of this place as home. But then again, I never understood what home really was. I used to consider Okinawa as my home. …

Little do you know

I've never fulling talked to anyone about why I act the way I do. I've never talked to my friends here about my friends growing up. I've never really told them about school there or things that happened in school here. I remember the first time I started hating how I looked. I was in …

Is it just me then?

I'm 22. I have my whole life ahead of me. I still have plenty of time to meet someone. I don't NEED to be married now. He's 22(ish)? He got married yesterday. He assaulted me when I was 12ish (8th grade). He's married now...and I'm single. Is it because I was broken for so long …

What Could Have Been

I've been filling silence with music recently, not even really artists I normally listen too either. If it's too quiet I just throw something random on so it doesn't feel so lonely. I found this song that I've been listening to on repeat now, and it just makes me feel so...hollow, but I can't stop …

More than a face

I graduated from A&M Consolidated High School with over a 4.0, I graduated Summa Cum Laude. I'm graduating from Texas A&M University on May 8th with a 3.22. I got into three graduate programs: CSU, which only accepts 4 students a year, UCF, which only accepts 6 students a year, and U of V, I …

That One Thing

Everyone has that one thing in their life that they don't talk about. That one event that changed you without you ever really knowing, or without you realizing it until years later. I held onto my one thing for nine years. I never told anyone because I was ashamed. I never told anyone because I …

Grow As We Go

Someone showed me a post today, and he got his dream. I don't really know how long he's been dreaming of CSU, but I know his original dream didn't include me in it so it's only fitting that when he finally achieves his dream I'm not in it either. At one point, we shared the …

Graduate Choices

So I'm not 100% sure yet, I'd say like 85%, but I think I'll be sticking with UCF over CSU. When I first got the email from UCF, I was overjoyed. I got accepted into a graduate program! Not only that, I got one of my top choices! I started looking into housing and things …