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Safety
Safety is important. I had just left the hospital, a little sore and exhausted. Been in labour for 6 hours made me a little frustrated even though our baby boy Josiah was perfect, I was still tired. We had paid for the amenity of a private space but I still watched over my baby because…
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Flash CNF: White Blood Cells and Foreign Matter
White Blood Cells and Foreign Matter By Natalia Downer (@nataliadcreates) The teacher says, Take out a notebook, or journal, or whatever you feel comfortable writing in. We’re going to do a writing sprint. Here we go again. The dread of having to come up with something on the spot. Yes, I’m a writer, but these…
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Spurned
By Kandice Thompson That night in the backseat of your car, I pushed my head in between the front seats as if that would make you hear me. You screamed at us, me mostly, in the same language you spurned. My throat worked painfully as I swallowed dry, working up the nerve but conscious of…
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Modeled Writing Task 1: Tackling Gender Bias
Imagine living in a society where women are deprived of their autonomy and free will. Being expected to cater to man’s way of living. There are more damaging stories about gender inequity than there are of society making a strong movement against it. There is always a fake stigma that women are sensitive beings and…
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Sarahlee F Flash Task: Speak Proper
Put your tongue between your teeth. You move your mouth as if you are heavily sedated with local anesthetics, perhaps street cocaine. I try, I have a heavy tongue that does not do much lifting. You know this because so is your mom’s, my grandma’s. I was punished for you raising me in an environment…
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The Great Navigator
Single file cars on empty roads, lush greenery, and fresh air, what was once my escape was now a path of painful memories. Memories of my navigator, the Leif Erikson of my youth, my flesh and blood compass. You made mastery of every route, knowing each location from nothing but a memory, you took pride…
Sylvia Wynter's Dream 