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Weekly Contest #304
“I'm writing a book on domestic violence and your testimony would be so valuable in making sure I’m depicting things correctly.” There it is. The “I'm.” What my owner calls a slap in the face.I’ve heard her complain about it to her friends. “It makes me feel so small,” she says, “I’m in the meeting too, but it’s like I don’t even exist.”On the screen, behind the virtual background blocking everyone from the intimacy of her home, she keeps a calm, practiced smile and focuses on her notes. She’ll be the one making sure those depictions are acc...
Weekly Contest #296
I used to have two friends. I lost the first one when I visited her in the hospital. She had just given birth to a baby boy and I’d been asked to come. The tiny room was crammed with family and friends, arms cluttered with blue-wrapped gifts. She looked horrible, but people kept saying she was glowing, so I smiled and said, “You look good.” When the nurse brought in the baby, everyone cooed in excitement, as if he were a miracle and not just the result of basic human biology. I hadn’t realized how many friends my friend had and I felt both...
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