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Helena Dea Bala

This is why you feel like an impostor

It’s 4AM, and my Whatsapp springs to life in a flurry of sudden noise and activity. Texts from Kate*, my best friend since high school…

Oct 21, 2016

Oct 21, 2016

I guess you never really know someone…

This story is part of a series called Craigslist Confessional. Writer Helena Bala has been meeting people via Craigslist and documenting…

May 15, 2016

I guess you never really know someone…

May 15, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

The story of my abortion

This entry is part of a project called Craigslist Confessional. I have spent the last year and a half anonymously meeting people on…

Apr 25, 2016

The story of my abortion

Apr 25, 2016

Published in
Be Yourself

Food for Thought: Gucci Vegetables

I was doing the dishes the other day, when it struck me as completely plausible that some day — in the not too distant future — we will…

Apr 14, 2016

Food for Thought: Gucci Vegetables

Apr 14, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

I stole to feed my family

This entry is part of a project called Craigslist Confessional. I have spent the last year and a half anonymously meeting people on…

Apr 11, 2016

I stole to feed my family

Apr 11, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

The truth about my marriage

This entry is part of a project called Craigslist Confessional. I have spent the last year and a half anonymously meeting people on…

Apr 4, 2016

The truth about my marriage

Apr 4, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

Thoughts on Suicide

This entry is part of a project called Craigslist Confessional. I have spent the last year and a half anonymously meeting people on…

Mar 28, 2016

Thoughts on Suicide

Mar 28, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

Alzheimer’s: A Love Forgotten

This entry is part of a project called Craigslist Confessional. I have spent the last year and a half anonymously meeting people on…

Feb 28, 2016

Alzheimer’s: A Love Forgotten

Feb 28, 2016

Published in
Be Yourself

Bystander Effect: The Reason We Often Don’t Give a Shit

If caring were easy, more people would do it…

Feb 23, 2016

Bystander Effect: The Reason We Often Don’t Give a Shit

Feb 23, 2016

Published in
The Coffeelicious

I Spent a Year Listening to Strangers Tell Stories They Can’t Share With Anyone Else

For a little over a year now, I’ve listened to strangers I meet on Craigslist tell me stories they’ve never told anyone before. I’ve…

Feb 1, 2016

I Spent a Year Listening to Strangers Tell Stories They Can’t Share With Anyone Else

Feb 1, 2016

Helena Dea Bala

Helena Dea Bala

Author, listener, former lawyer, Golden Girls aficionada, shower thinker. Craigslist Confessional available for preorder now: https://amzn.to/2t9hcf0

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