Torri Hollstein

i) Normative Narratives In Janaya’s blog post about socioeconomic status and classism, she talked about an experience in her first year of high school, in grade nine. A friend and herself were attempting to meet new people, and they began…

The term gender binary is defined as “a system of gender classification in which all people are categorized as being either male or female.” Notice how the definition uses the word “system”. Gender binaries have been put in place based…

As my best friend Pearl and I shuffle into the gym we glance around the room and see that Mrs. Sargent (Sarg for short) has the words “belly baseball” on the rolly board for today’s class. Pearl and I look…

As I jump out of my mom’s bright red car, she yells, “Don’t forget to put those bags in the foyer under the tree. It’s for the Christmas toy drive!”. I grab the four bags from the trunk with my…

“Alright, everyone, we are going to draw self-portraits today!”. My small, slippery hands drop below my chair into my gaping backpack. I feel the rough, bubbled top of my rectangular pencil box sitting at the bottom. My weak first-grader arms…

I look at the clock every minute till it ticks 1:45. My classmates and I begin to get antsy. My science teacher can see us fidgeting. He breathes out the glorious words, “it’s time.” We kick our chairs back and…