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Spider crawls across the rim of pot. I flick it into the rain pounding down. Search the flowerbeds for squirming bodies, run my fingers gently through wet earth waiting for their silky touch.
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Applications are open for “Here We Are,” a one-year writing experience to support and enable diverse survivors of gender abuse to recount their experiences.
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Students at Hampshire College demanded that their voices be heard.
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