Health Chasing “Normal”: My Summers at a Camp for Disabled Kids
Kayla Whaley on the ways in which her childhood camp both empowered her and reinforced the harmful idea that disabled experiences are inherently lesser.
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Books Reading Like a Tomboy: Looking for Myself in Literature
Miranda Pennington on her journey as a reader and a tomboy.
Family Learning the Controls: How Nintendo Helped Me Live with Asperger’s Syndrome
"A game gives you a world you’re meant to understand": The author on how his love of Nintendo helped him navigate his childhood with Asperger's Syndrome.
Television An Ode to Dana Scully
Laura Sook Duncombe on her hero, Agent Dana Scully, and why she has chosen to rewatch 'The X-Files' in its entirety.
Family Notes on a New Age Childhood
"Sometimes . . . I am filled like a lantern with faith in a world that is by definition sacred, whatever its failures. And yet I do not believe."
Meta Buttered This Week: Aug. 15-21
This week was the full feelings buffet. Remember, you can always come back for more: Celeste Ng called How to Make Yogurt in Manila by Grace Talusan ‘beautiful and moving’ (on the Twitter machine) so you don’t have to take our word for its awesomeness. “Things That Are Meant To Make You Feel Safe And …
Gender A Tale of Two Sports Camps
"I see fewer limits now on who kids can be": Molly Knefel compares the sports camp she worked at over the summer with the one she attended as a child.
Race Growing Into My Racial Identity
Kaylen Sanders on a lifetime of trying to understand her racial identity.
Writing The Light: On Teaching, Childhood, and a School Shooting
The author on her childhood and the school shooting she experienced as a teacher.
Personal Stories Confessions of an Ambivalent Girl Scout
"I was more of an observer in the crafting of my Sit-Upon": Abbey Fenbert shares the whole truth and nothing but the truth about her years as a Girl Scout.
Health Color-Coding My Life: On Colors, Sight, and Darkness
As she recovers from a recent eye surgery, Jacqueline Steiger reflects on her relationship with colors and how a unique system helps her navigate the world.
Family Longing Brings Us Wild Strawberries
"Every photograph shows you and your sister standing next to each other in the strawberry patch, fruits of labor and longing pinched between your fingers."
Health Field of Schoolgirl Dreams: On Playing Adult Co-Rec Softball
Amanda Palleschi on facing her childhood softball demons and reconciling with her own competitive nature.
Health Creation Myth: A Child Tries to Make Sense of Her Disability
Christine Kathleen McMahon shares how she tried to make sense of her disability as a child with little in the way of spiritual guidance.
Books “Bee Theres”: The Mormon YA of My Youth
Diana Hurlbut on the "Bee Theres" series of Mormon-themed young adult novels.
