All stories published by Writing 150 on September 18, 2022

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Manuela Garay in Writing 150

Sep 18, 2022

My Life as an Alien: a Personal Insight on Immigrating to the U.S

If something isn’t talked, written, or published about, it might as well be like it doesn’t exist, or even moreso, that it doesn’t matter. Immigrating to the U.S. through the acquisition of a visa was supposed to be a…

Yingshan Qi in Writing 150

Sep 18, 2022

WP1: Feel the fire beneath your feet

A man with high self-esteem trying to live with it. This is the clearest description of how I…

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Mika Geiger in Writing 150

Sep 18, 2022

WP1: Barbies Don’t Wear Lab Coats

I remember one time in my AP Physics class, the school’s “genius” was my lab partner, and we both got different results for a calculation. After figuring out my answer was the correct one, he goes, “oh shit you’re actually right.” I wasn’t really surprised by his…

Ljreed in Writing 150

Sep 18, 2022

WP1: Repercussions of Internalized Racism in the Black Community

If you could not tell from my big curly fro, my rich brown skin, or my clearly afrocentric features, I am white. Well at least according to a society that forces black people into a stereotypical mold, the more…

Shaudeh Farjami in Writing 150

Sep 18, 2022

Claiming My Name

“S” as in Sam, “H” as in Henry, “A” as in apple, “U” as in — S-H-A-U-D-E-H. Shaudeh. Four minutes spelling out my name over and over for the operator to make an appointment. Succumbing to going by “Sara” at Starbucks to keep things easy at the register. Surrendering to most people I encounter…