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  Girls: Stop Masking Your Beauty

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  Girls, I have some serious questions for you. Why do you feel that you have to go tanning or spray tanning when you are really pale? Why do you think that wearing 7 inch heels is cute? Why do you need to show 90% of your skin every where you go? Why do you need to make your boobs look like qua...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  There Is No Such Thing as Love at First Sight

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  I don't believe in the phrase "Love at first sight," unless we are discussing a chocolate flowerless cake. Otherwise, I refuse to believe that anyone can truly experience the powerful emotion of love just through a quick glance at some gorgeous guy. Most people associate love with...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  How I'm Surviving High School Without the Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  Growing up as a teenager in this era has been anything but easy. We are constantly being directly and indirectly pressured to do outrageous things: lose your virginity in the backseat of your boyfriend of 1 month's car, have a sip or ten of vodka, smoke a dozen cigarettes, etc. It can be hard t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I'm Thankful For...

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  I am thankful for long yellow lights and intersections with no cameras. For crew socks that stay up when I wear my boots. For multiple fan settings, so that I am not too hot or too cold. For $2 bottles of nail polish at Walgreens. I'm thankful for Sparknotes, Google Translate, and all searc...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Laughter and a Car Crash

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  Tuesday was destined for doom. Tuesday marked the beginning of semester two, the first day back from finals. It was bad enough having to lose aproximately 7 hours of glorious sleep to get up for school, but that loss doesn't seem so bad compared to what happened next. I've had my licens...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Happiness Is...

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  Waking up in the early hours of the morning And seeing you have five more hours of sleep, Driving down an empty road With the windows rolled down in your Jeep. Coming home after a hard day at school To kitchen cabinets restocked with more food, And blasting your favorite song in your room, Wh...
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  Stop Complaing: A Guide to Overcoming Hardships

  

  By nikiiiZ, Chicago, IL

  Hardships. A contagious plague. Different sizes, same significance. You failed your English final. Your best friend has ignored you for days. Someone stole your iPod and all your money. Your parents are divorced. Your baby was stillborn. The list goes on just as life goes on. Or does...