Duke University
“i am not my uncertainty”
I’ve always been a people pleaser. I’m the girl with the happy and positive disposition that makes other people feel good. I hate making people upset, disappointed or angry so I expend a lot of energy trying to make people happy. Most of the time, I’m less concerned with what I want and more concerned … Read more
“I am not my sensitivity”
Hit rewind. Pause. It is senior year of high school, and I find myself feeling very odd and different. Clothes start feeling loose all over and hanging out with people is not that fun anymore. Finding myself in my room a lot and crying in the middle of normal conversations has become a trend in … Read more
“I am not my flamboyance”
In the LGBTQ community, privileged are those who can pass as “straight”. This ability to conceal our identities often times distinguishes many members of my community from our peers that belong to other historically marginalized groups. However, this privilege is not uniform across all LGBTQ individuals. In junior high school, many of my male classmates … Read more
