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Journal #4

“Three black girls,Led by the one with the almonds eyes,Started moving toward me as soon as they saw me.A half dozen other girls followed.Within moments,I was surrounded.You think you are better than us?”the tall girl asked.”No,”I said”I think we are all equal.”She punched at me,there was no stopping those…

Cynthia Miranda2 hrs ago2 min read

Journal 4

When Jeanette and her family moved to her grandmother’s house in Phoenix, they would leave their windows open and doors unlocked to keep the air circulating throughout the house. One night a man came in and began to touch Jeanette, she acted fast and kicked the man. Soon after, she and her brother Brian went…

Stephen McFarlin2 hrs ago2 min read

Journal Entry #4

When jeannette and her family faced prejudice it was when she was walking from school. Jeanette got beat up by 6 girls which they called her a match stick and a teachers pet. After that her brother bryan came and broke that fight up to stop the girls from beating her up. That did not affect…

Vincent Fulco2 hrs ago

She was a waif of a girl. Maybe 5 feet tall (plus or minus an inch) and 80 lbs soaking wet.

Episode 13: The Night I Accidentally Solicited a Prostitute

Jennifer Smith

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First two weeks in Shanghai and hit a club like this. Nothing more amusing and emasculating than having a 90 lb. young lady drink you under the table, doing Johnnie Walker Blue shots after losing round after round of their typical dice/drinking game.

Geysi Ortiz3 hrs ago2 min read

Journal 4

Life Experience

A time when Jeannette was faced with fear was when she was going to school and some of her classmates decided to beat her up one day. She was actually surprised they did it but she knew the exact reason why they didn’t like her. She was scared to tell her dad because…

Josh Spilker in Vaguely Feel8 hrs ago1 min read

seems like this is vaguely feel

hi, i started this last night, so i’m not sure how you got here

this is the first one called “vaguely feel like another living thing is living here”

Lisa Johnson Mitchell10 hrs ago9 min read

Corrective Shoes and Colonics by Lisa Johnson Mitchell

Everyone in my family wore corrective shoes…

Nereya Otieno12 hrs ago5 min read

Regarding Friendship

Dear P.E.,

We had made a drunken promise one early dawn to start writing each other stories of our memories. You said it should be about unimportant things as well as important ones. I like the idea of having an external anecdotal memory of my life in you. I like it…

Carlos Rodriguez13 hrs ago2 min read

Journal #4

In the glass castle the Wall’s family was staying in the Mojave Desert when Jeannette was scared because she thought that she saw something when she was about to go to sleep. “Something’s there,’ I whispered ‘go to sleep,’ Lori said. Holding my pillow over my head for protection, I ran into the living room…

Michelle Sierra Ramirez13 hrs ago1 min read

Journal #4

“ ‘But you can take my word for it that Jeanette and Brian are exceptionally bright, even gifted.’ She smiled at him. The principal looked at Brian and me, with our unwashed hair and our thin desert clothes. His face took on a sour and skeptical expression…He placed us both in special classes for students…