On Starting College and Letting Go of High School
I have survived my second week of college. If you had asked me last month if that was something I thought myself capable of doing, I...
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Philomena Stone
- Jul 15
- 5 min
The Importance of Self Care (Even When Not On Vacations)
I recall awaking a few weeks ago to the feeling of my plush comforter wrapped around my body and the sound of Northern Mockingbirds...
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Philomena Stone
- Jun 24
- 5 min
The Presumed Ennui of Life
FROM my freshman through junior years in high school, I often complained that the days felt as if they were dragging on, the...
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Philomena Stone
- May 17
- 5 min
ON TURNING EIGHTEEN
IN exactly five months and eighteen days from the time I’m writing this, I will be eighteen years old. Like many other starry-eyed young...
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Jonetta Rose Barras
- Apr 12
- 3 min
The Resurrection Message
DO you sometimes feel as if you’ve become caught in quicksand and it’s impossible to pull yourself out. Each time you move, the deeper...
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Philomena Stone
- Apr 8
- 3 min
The Education System I’m Leaving Behind
NEAR the end of February, a student was accosted by an armed robber at the bus stop looking to steal his Airpods not even 500 feet away...
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Jonetta Rose Barras
- Feb 3
- 3 min
UNDERSTAND AND FOCUS YOUR POWER
I consider the start of the new year an opportunity to reset by life. Most of us make promises to change. We pledge to improve our diets,...
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Philomena Stone
- Jan 16
- 8 min
Confidence in the Age of Tik Tok
A Breakdown of the App’s Beauty Standards and Accepting Your Appearance in the Age of Un-naturalism I want you to forget about whatever...
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Jonetta Rose Barras
- Sep 6, 2022
- 3 min
Words that Heal and Propel
Reconciliation. That is a word we, at Esther Productions Inc., often speak. We understand its power. Trauma. That’s another word we...
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Alycea Gayle
- Sep 5, 2022
- 3 min
LAST CALL… SORTA
AUGUST 29th, 2022 marked the first day of my senior year of high school--my last first day of grade school. I’d prayed for so long for...
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Alycea Gayle
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
No More Masks! Ish.
I had never fully understood why the phrase ‘like a breath of fresh air’ was so common until today—the day I am officially allowed to...
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Alycea Gayle
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Amidst The Chaos: What the Rise in Gun Violence Means for an Average Teenager
I hurried around the house, collecting the many materials I would need for school that day. Chromebook, water bottle, one too few pens....
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Alycea Gayle
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
“School is the wrong place to be wrong!”How grading has killed the joy of learning within schools
I recall a tough time in my seventh-grade computer coding elective class-- one of many tough times that would plague me throughout that...
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Alycea Gayle
- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
Anything But Dark Skin: The Rise in Black Women Disassociating Themselves from Afrocentrism
Pinterest frequently tailors its feeds to users’ interest: a sneaker lover’s Pinterest feed might be full of shoes; an aspiring home...
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Alycea Gayle
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
“She has terrible tastes in men.”
The phrase above is often said about women who “just have bad luck with men” romantically speaking. One romantic failure might be “bad...
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