Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.

I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen.

The constitution does not recognize different classes of citizenship based on time spent living in the country. I am a citizen, with the same rights as your son, or you. As a citizen, and as a student, I am protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic.

Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.

I knew how much it hurt to be the daughter of people who can't see you, not even if you are standing in front of them stomping your feet.

I can’t tell anymore when I’m asleep and when I’m awake, or which is worse.

The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.