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One Token Is Always Enough by Jen Shin

My body has changed like my surroundings, too. Instead of the 15-year-old I was when I went to sleep, I am now the 18 year-old-version of myself that I will wor...

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Harrowing by Natalie Coufal

In the black-and-white photo I hold, Dad delivers his salutatorian speech to a small crowd. Dated May 1959, the picture is unremarkable except for Dad’s skeleta...

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Ned by Author Madison Welborne

An audio memoir exploring anorexia. Madison is not gaining weight and must be subjected to the tube.

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Feeding Piper by Melissa Woods

It is physical, the restlessness from starvation. Like an animal foraging for survival, the starving individual has heightened senses, increased activity, and a...