Category: Culture

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Guns & Math

Madeleine

Thursday nights in college are technically the weekend, and I can’t tell if I love it or hate it. My outer, nearly nineteen-year old self wants to jump at the opportunities and live vicariously, but my inner forty-year old woman would prefer to put on sweatpants and curl up in a blanket while drinking herbal tea. Even though I’ve made it to the weekend, this week was absolute hell. Guns and Math 101 make the world a miserable place. For those two reasons, this was one of the most overwhelming weeks of my life. The worst part was, I had … Continue reading Guns & Math

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Project 105

Madeleine

Today, “Project 105” found its way back to me after being away for several, several months (I’m being overly dramatic, I sent it in December of last year). Sometimes people ask me what it’s like to be a writer, and this is the perfect example. One morning, you wake up hating the process, can’t remember how to spell, and type a sentence, delete it, then type it word-for-word all over again. The next morning, you wake up with the feeling that today is the day you write an International Bestseller.   And some mornings, fairy godmother shows up in the … Continue reading Project 105