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Teen Ink Magazine, December 2001 : Pride Articles

I'm Not
I'mnot the one who girls think of in their dreams.
I'm not the bully who isalways mean.
I'm not the prep who listens to pop,
I am the skateboarder wholistens to punk rock.
I don't walk around in fancy clothes.
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Just Be
Tolerance.Preference. I am so sick of those words.

Why should people have to betolerated? Tolerance should apply to annoying habits, like hearing the tapping ofa pencil or cracking knuckles. People shouldn't have to be tolerated because ofwho they are.
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Twisted Views
Theengine of the rickety ferry rumbled as we plowed through the sparkling cobaltwater. It was a scorching August mid-morning, one of those summer days you had tobe by the water, if not in it. My family and I were on the ferry to Block Island.
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