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For as long as I can remember, my sweaty hands have told a story before I could.

As a cheerleader, I already knew that my sport was so much more than pompoms, chants, and big smiles, but when my sister got a serious concussion after being kicked in the head during practice, I began grappling with how cheerleading is perceived — and the real-life consequences of those stereotypes.

Like Sophie, my dad’s life features three potential fathers. Unfortunately, no singing and dancing are involved in this story.

Caught in the space between my old and new home, I discovered that travelling a great distance was the shortest path back to myself.

Does skydiving hit different for people living with depression?

No one likes throwing up, but what happens when that aversion goes too far?

In the summer of 2023, my high school friend Ash asked me to guide him through a ritual he believed would cure him of his OCD. What he didn’t know is I was struggling with a compulsion of my own.

What does “power” mean to us?

Author Kawika Guillermo charts their journey to self-acceptance through virtual realms and tumultuous times in their memoir “Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games.”