I’m a sucker for a romance movie or book and it’s mainly because I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m one of those people that replays a love song on a sunny day with a slight breeze romanticizing my life and what it could be. I remember the very first time I watched the Notebook. It was…

I prepared for my in class essay by going back into the text and highlighting the quotes that sparked the most conversation in my head, and the classroom. The day of the in class essay, I sat down and reviewed my notes and honestly, answered all the prompt questions. I wanted to be prepared for…

Eight bites was a hard read for me because I personally have an eating disorder. When I was younger, I wouldn’t eat much and I was fixated with being really thin. Then, growing up I would compare myself to my mother and her sisters. Their bodies with more curves than mine, hips that looked elegant…

Op-Ed’s don’t seem like difficult essays at first but it requires so much time and patience to gather your own thoughts into 700+ words. At first, my essay was going to be about Donald Trump because he’s been a menace to society lately, and I have so many things to say about him. I wrote…

Everything Machado writes makes me intrigued in who she is as a person and why she tells these stories. Throughout these past couple of chapters, I’ve noticed she speaks differently about her sexual experiences with women. Although, some are bad, or good, whatever the case may be, it’s different. So, why does Machado portray her…

Reading the very first chapter of Her Body and Other Parties had me questioning and feeling many things. At first, I was uncomfortable with the consistent expression of sex because it’s not often a topic I read about. But, Machado is so vulnerable, open, and herself throughout her sexual experiences. She seems like a writer…

First essay of the semester and I feel like I bombed it. HAHA. For our community essay, I decided to speak about being Christian and gay. I just cut off my two best friends for being homophobic towards me, so I thought that this would be an appropriate time to write some thoughts down. Honestly,…