It’s still a long one.
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Society doesn’t know what to make of depression. Its syllables are misleading. Sometimes the soft “s” and gentle hum of the “shun” roll of the tongue and lull us into a false sense of familiarity, complacency.
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In order to change the way mental illness is viewed in society, we have to change the way that we view ourselves. We are not disordered people; we are people who have disorders.
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anxious people
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collaborate with us.
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“Throughout my whole life, I have been looking at the skin folds on my belly…and quietly hating my body…The fact that I am not a supermodel who advertises panties for Victoria’s Secret made me choose a world of chicken burgers and chocolate buns”
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They’re back and I’m not okay.
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By Sophia DuRose The Fake Epistemologist If I hear the words, “we have to unpack the intersectionality of this experience,” one more time there is going to be some intersectionality between my foot and her ass. I’m guessing she lives in an apartment with her freshman roommate, though they’ve since drifted slightly apart and she…
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It’s good to enjoy your own company but what’s it mean to really be alone?
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Dear everyone, please stop asking why I write. It is none of your business. xoxo Sophia
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This is a meta post. You have been warned. I joined Yikes? because I thought it’d be a great way to express my creative/artsy side. My original goal was to write satire and parodies. My first post, “The Transfer Experience,” was just a starting point—a personal piece to debut my writing. I started crafting several…
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The first in a series of posts explaining why the columnists of Yikes choose to write. After all, it can be an exhausting and unrewarding experience. But we love it.
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The story of sleeping with my friend.
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