I WAS 17
(And all the other times my body didn’t feel mine) When will this body feel mine?, I had constantly wondered growing up. It didn't feel...
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She Talks Asia
- May 29, 2020
- 6 min
A Swinging Mind
I almost lost my life in 2018. I was in Japan. As with my every trip to this country, being a favorite destination, I was in high...
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She Talks Asia
- Apr 25, 2020
- 6 min
It Always Rains On My Birthday
When I turned 12, I had to be carried from my school bus to the inside of my house — our street was flooded with water up to our waists...
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She Talks Asia
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
Counting calories and lost moment
My name is Mara, and I am in the recovery phase of my eating disorder. While gone are the days of obsessively weighing myself in every...
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She Talks Asia
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Grief Is Not Linear
I realized that grieving is not linear. It never is. I learned that memories pop out of nowhere in the quiet moments of the day and...
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She Talks Asia
- Sep 30, 2019
- 5 min
24 months later and 4000 miles away from home.
I thought I was in a loving healthy relationship. But one day, the abuse happened. It only happened once but there’s no excuse to justify...
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She Talks Asia
- Sep 25, 2019
- 4 min
Survivor to Thriver
According to a study by the Department of Justice, an average of 1 out of 5 girls are victims of sexual abuse and 1 out of 20 are boys....
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She Talks Asia
- Aug 31, 2019
- 4 min
Shame On Me (A Mother's Litany of Shame)
About ten years ago, when my son was a small baby, I got an anonymous comment (of course it was anonymous!) on a blog post I had written....
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She Talks Asia
- Aug 22, 2019
- 7 min
Coming Out of the Postpartum Depression Closet
26 Dec 2014 I write this with a feather boa around my neck and a glass of champagne in my hand. Ok, that’s not true. I’m in my pyjamas...
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She Talks Asia
- Jul 31, 2019
- 6 min
The Times I Was Sexually Harassed, Minus The Glamour.
I spent all night wide-awake, weeping hard. It was not even halfway through reading a report on The New Yorker about a Hollywood...
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She Talks Asia
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
The Mirror
I don’t recognise the person I see in the mirror anymore. Each day I look at myself in the mirror and I see someone different....
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She Talks Asia
- Jun 30, 2019
- 4 min
Creating Happiness That Nobody Can Take
It’ll be just about almost three years since life with my daughter and I have changed. Two years ago we lived in Manila. The place we...
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She Talks Asia
- May 25, 2019
- 4 min
In Our Time (When I'm Ready)
Here's the thing, I find myself inspired in a way that I have never been before and it comes from a very unexpected source. A source that...
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She Talks Asia
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
Mestiza
"No, you're the pink power ranger, and I'm the yellow one." she said. I didn't understand why I couldn't be the yellow power ranger. I...
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She Talks Asia
- May 4, 2019
- 6 min
Love is the Opposite of Possesion
A few years ago, I was in Italy when I came across the story of a young wife and mother named Chiara. Chiara had met her husband Enrico...
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She Talks Asia
- Apr 30, 2019
- 6 min
Wonder(lost).
I was 7 when I first lost it; all thanks to a silly pair of rubber shoes. All I did was wash them, hoping to come to school the next day...
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She Talks Asia
- Apr 17, 2019
- 7 min
Sharing Spaces
The first time my friend Trisha showed us her room, I was floored. “You have your own bedroom?” I queried, as I eyed her closet...
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She Talks Asia
- Apr 3, 2019
- 6 min
Virginity Lost, Hell Found.
Nobody really forgets their first time, although, if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably tried to. Molding. It’s what the four years...
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She Talks Asia
- Mar 29, 2019
- 5 min
That's Awkward, Mom.
On one November morning, I learned that you are never too old to cry on your mother's shoulder. I was 29, and the reason of course, was...
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She Talks Asia
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Welcome to Storybank
“THE THING YOU ARE MOST AFRAID TO WRITE, WRITE THAT.” These words, a magical writing prompt from Nayirah Waheed, are what we invite you...
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