Dear Church, Oh, the countless hours that I’ve spent thinking about the ways you have hurt me and persecuted my body. The waking nights that I have cried in the quiet comfort of my room thinking about the damage you … Read more
Dear Latinx Communidad, These last four years have been a struggle for all of us, but it feels like the year 2020 has really pained us the most. In fact, it is just now the beginning to change and fight … Read more
Dear Whiteness, When I was a child I you gave me the privilege of not recognizing you. I lived in a world that was simple and easy. This was at least how I perceived it before I recognized you. However, … Read more
Dear Greek Life at UNC, Y’all are so fucking annoying, in almost every aspect. We will always have beef, but I don’t think any one specific action has enraged me more than your response to this pandemic. In the beginning … Read more
Dear Socks, You are not much. Just some cloth wrapped in a column. Sometimes bent if we’re getting fancy. You can be colorful or fuzzy or unique. You can be professional and utilitarian. At the end of the day, though, … Read more
Dear College Expectations, Where do I begin with you. I don’t even know when you and I started to get to know each other. I flirted with you a little bit before I started college, but things didn’t start to … Read more
Dear Mother Earth, I hope we have not disappointed you too much. Times were so much more simple when we were younger. Now, I write to you concerned. You have given us everything we could need and we turned our … Read more
Dear Electoral College, You were created centuries ago, rooted in prejudice and racism, and you have not evolved to fit our current social and political landscape. Your delegates were originally apportioned to the South based on population numbers that included … Read more
Dear Face Mask, I wake up to see you lying next to my bed, can’t leave your side for the whole day, and only say good bye to you when the day is over and I’m home. But today when I … Read more
Dear Desk Chair, We’ve now been together for 244 days. That’s 5856 hours, or 351,360 minutes. Any way you put it it’s been a long ass time (pun intended). I sit on you for several hours on end since there … Read more