Category: Personal Essays
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10 Reasons to sign up for a Community-Supported Agriculture Box
In case you haven’t heard of these amazing “boxes,” Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes are the epitome of the farm-to-table movement. Basically you get fruits and veggies (and sometimes other bonuses like nuts, milk, bread, and meat) from local farms. Many CSA providers source from several different farms in order to provide a larger variety of fruits and…
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The right to lead
While women have had the right to vote in the United States for nearly 100 years, women still make up less than 25% of state legislatures. Many other countries are making progress at a faster rate than we are. In 1998, we were ranked 59th in the world for the percentage of women elected to our national…
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Pour Out Your Soul, Fill The Void
Originally posted on 2HelpfulGuys: I’m not going to lie, I’ve been depressed in the past. I’ve looked in the mirror without being able to understand the person looking back at me. What do you want? What makes you happy? Why do you feel this void inside regardless of how things appear on the outside? During…
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to become
Should we be thankful for our sorrows? For our pains? For our shortcomings? Are we short-sighted in thinking these tragedies are truly tragic? Is our pain the kind that will drag us to our deaths or the kind that will push us to our depths? Is it a choice? Will we cave? Or will we…
Trynia Kaufman 