I sat in the bar’s closet-like office, with vents in its doors, behind the DJ booth, eating my dinner. It’s been a year since I’ve kissed anyone, and it’s been forever that I have had my virginity. I sat in the office slightly nauseated — a combination of the residual…

I walked into Arts on Site. I saw Sarah Rudner, my dance professor, sitting on a bench against the wall. I went over to her. “Can I sit next to you?” She looked away and curled inwards with mock offendedness. “You’re my date…. I actually had a date but she…

In our African American Cinema class we learned about the real-life effect film has. The Birth of a Nation (1917) caused the reformation of the KKK.[i] Ethnic Notions (1983) taught us the damaging effect of racist cartoons. …

“Would you like to get coffee?” Two days later… “Would you want to get dinner, or coffee, or text sometime?” His name was Emy. But I call him Mr. Emu — it makes him more cartoonish. Supposedly he was 27 — he looked older. His bio had one-word “Coolll.” He…

The first time it happened I was writing an essay about my experience being taught “English class” when I was a kid. I finished what I was writing, left the library, and looked around wondering where to go. I decided to go to Chase and take out the fifty dollars…

The mattress was out of shape. If I put my weight in certain areas I could feel the cold tiles beneath it. Jennifer and I liked each other on a dating app. “Hey Allie!!” “Hey!” “Happy New Year!” I responded with fireworks and confetti emojis. “How are you?” “I’m fine…

The campus locked down on Saturday at 10:00 AM. I was waiting around in a friend’s house until seven when I would be able to go over to the place in Brooklyn I’ll be staying in for the next month. While I was in the bathroom at my friend’s house…

I was out with friends in the city. We went into a bookshop. There was no way I could afford to buy anything, so I walked around reading book covers. I had circled back around to a bookshelf I had past and removed the book Under Tiberius, by Nick Tosches…

I sat down on the metal mesh bench at the bus stop. I was going into the city to Sylvia Rivera Legal Group, a non-profit that helps lower income trans people get their names changed. The bus was not going to be here for another twenty minutes. …