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One Token Is Always Enough by Jen Shin

Posted on May 31, 2023

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

Posted on November 17, 2021

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

Posted on October 28, 2019

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

Posted on March 6, 2018

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