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Avoid the ‘bad’ kid? Or invite them back to the team? Imagine that’s your child

by First-person essay by Maria as told to Lajja Mistry September 30, 2022September 29, 2022

Sally Hobart Alexander and her guide dog encounter scooters parked on a Pittsburgh-area sidewalk. (Courtesy of Sally Hobart Alexander)

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

‘Woke’ doesn’t have to be a 4-letter word

by First-person essay by Sally Hobart Alexander September 28, 2022October 5, 2022

Kaycee takes photos in her college bedroom depicting how she felt after the incident of sexual violence. A shadow falls over her face, illuminating only a strip of her features and a strip of the blank wall behind her. She looks off to the right of the frame.

The videos on his phone taught me that it can happen to anyone

by First-person essay and photos by Kaycee Orwig September 26, 2022October 4, 2022

The purity movement told young people that ‘you are not your own,’ and the harm from that message persists

by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell September 9, 2022September 5, 2022

illustration of american flag with a monster shadow

A childhood sexual assault persists in this Pittsburgh woman’s mind, magnified by a post-Roe world

by First-person essay by Stephanie Graf July 8, 2022September 7, 2022

Portrait of Nikki Burfield in a pink shirt holding an ice cream cone

GENDER & IDENTITY

How coming out as a trans woman set me free

by First-person essay by Nikki Burfield June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

One continuous line drawing of human head with plant inside. Mental health and psychology vector concept. Creative ideas, grow up, positive thinking and self care. Background has a risoprint texture and there is a pale green circle superimposed in the background halfway between the drawing image of the brain.

‘People like me’ in mental health recovery are worthy of support, family and faith

by First-person essay by Terri Winaught June 27, 2022September 7, 2022

On Wendover Street in Squirrel Hill, a Dumpster becomes a community dump. (Photo by Taylor Noakes/PublicSource)

Man vs. trash heap: How my fight against litter taught me about the city I left behind

by Taylor C. Noakes June 21, 2022September 7, 2022

illustration of a family with a small infant in the middle, a blue door, wallpaper and a keyhold with an eye

GENDER & IDENTITY

Letter to a future legendary: Affirming a Black child’s gender identity

by Tahirah Walker June 10, 2022September 7, 2022

Tahirah Walker, photographed outside her home, writes an essay about 10 years of life in Turtle Creek and what it taught her.

Ten Years in Turtle Creek where I learned about community-making

by Tahirah Walker May 26, 2022September 7, 2022