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November 7, 2024

“All I know of hate is that it will never beat the love out of me”*

Despite the hope that I carried with me, I knew the results before the polls even closed. That uneasy feeling settled in my bones early Tuesday morning, filling my belly with anxiety. I held it there. I tried to brush it off as paranoia. Yet, I recognized this feeling. It was the same one that Continue reading

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2024 Presidential Election, Andrea Gibson, Bon Iver, Books, Exile, Facebook, Kamala Harris, LGBTQIA+, Poetry, Social Media, Taylor Swift, Twitter
May 1, 2015

The End of Phase 2 Pt. 4: Friends, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Human Race (sort of).

Last November—during my annual Brovember movie month—I watched 21 Jump Street. I caught the movie in the past on FX, always allotted for time and always censored. I don’t remember much from the movie. It’s not that memorable. Although, it did raise a question I had never thought to ask before: How do adults become Continue reading

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May 23, 2013

“A glittering star on a sea of myriad waves”

I don’t believe in a higher power. No god rules my decisions, good or bad. I don’t pray for others that are in need; I help them if I can. I don’t give praise to some imaginary friend for giving me another day on this earth. Don’t believe in astrological signs or psychics or homeopathy Continue reading

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Agnosticism, Atheist, Christian, Coming out, Facebook, Jason Collin, Persecution of Christians, Tim Tebow
March 27, 2013

“I Believe”

We have these books in the department, a nonfiction series entitled You Wouldn’t Want to. The titles vary from being sick or living during a certain points in history. I can’t help but to think that, somewhere along the line, the company will publish one called You Wouldn’t Want to be a Homosexual in 21st Century Continue reading

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September 18, 2012

Trigger Warning

Let me tell you something about bullies. They’re scum of the earth. They pick on the weak to feel superior. And I found that I am one. It started as a joke on Facebook that exploded into something more. This is the joke, in its original, unaltered form: So I feel shunned from a Continue reading

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bully, Facebook, High School, Joke, Recreation, Violence and Abuse, Youth
November 30, 2011

“A man had a son who was an anvil.”

Let me tell you something about my mother. She has intuition. She successfully predicted the sex of all three of her kids – all boys. She successfully predicted the sex of all six of her grandchildren – we’re still on the fence whether she really predicted the first. So when I announced that Jyg was pregnant Continue reading

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About Me

A student of the Mexican American Studies and the Gender & Women Studies graduate programs. I dabble in fiction and poetry writing, book reviews, and commentary. I am a library assistant in the special collections and archives department, where I maintain and preserve our photograph and rare book collections.

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Chapin City Blues is a collection of thoughts, writings, and book/film/music reviews. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are all my own.

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“All I know of hate is that it will never beat the love out of me”*

The End of Phase 2 Pt. 4: Friends, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Human Race (sort of).

“A glittering star on a sea of myriad waves”

“I Believe”

Trigger Warning

“A man had a son who was an anvil.”