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Confessions of a Working? Woman This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
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I am most likely not what Sheryl Sandberg is describing when she says that she wants to empower working women. I am a seventeen year-old high school student who has a weekend job at a kid’s party place. But I can still identify with most of what... (more »)
Tolerated Intolerance This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
“Habemus Papam!” “We have a pope!” Cheering fills Vatican City in the moment as the world watches, the Christian Church just determined a new leader. In the days that will follow there will be news coverage about this new leader, special... (more »)
Weightism, the Last Legal Discrimination This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
By , Vinton, VA
When you think of discrimination, what do you think of? Perhaps you think of racism, or maybe homophobia, maybe even sexism. While all of these are big issues, there are laws against all of them. However, one of the biggest types of discrimination... (more »)
Knife.
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The shadowed thought of uncertainty caused my heart to skip a beat, and my lungs heaved for precious air. I struggled to keep my eyes open in pain as a slim dagger was slowly weaved into my chest. I stared as Zero’s sympathetic eyes remained... (more »)
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My headscarf This work is considered exceptional by our editorial staff.
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I never want to be seen like some of the girls in my class; they value attraction in terms of physical appearance rather than intellectual ability. They wear the tightest skirts and the shortest tops I have ever seen. I always wonder why they feel... (more »)
Poetic Justice
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In a world with broken laws. And a Constitution full of flaws. Where any who stand up would be heard are put be walls. With an invincible brace locked upon their jaws. As we sit speechless. As the rules are bent to awkward angles. Grasped by... (more »)
Kristallnacht ( night of broken glass)
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Black skies The breaking and shattering of glass all around Listing to the shrieking sound The feeling of being scared People fighting Tears flying It's the night of broken glass Bullets flying Little kids dying It's the... (more »)
Prejudice
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Skins black,purple and blue. Screams as terrifying as if you only knew. Killing innocent people just because of their race. Shivers run through your body as soon as you think of that place. Auschwitz, Hitler the very place the very name fills... (more »)
Equality
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standing for what's right , love , hatred , cant we be just one ? We need to be equal. discrI'mination is everywhere , my skin color is yellow its different from yours . I'm not brown nor am i pal , so why judge me on my skin... (more »)
Being Muslim This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine.
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People are afraid of me. Why are they afraid of me, you might ask? A rare disease? Hideous scars? Vile breath? I reply, with a smile on my face, that it puzzled me at first, too. But now I know. People think worse about me than that. Much... (more »)
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