The Soup Bowl
Recovering from schizoaffective disorder was a moment to moment battle that I fought every day. There were many losses and also a number of victories as I struggled through the trauma, social dysfunction, OCD, mania, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia symptoms, and everything else that was hampering me.
I’ve just been verbally abused for being Jewish. I have never been targeted in this way before but my experience, it is quickly becoming apparent, is not an isolated one in post-Brexit Britain.
My son is a 42 year old homeless man who lives on the streets of West Oakland. This is not only our story, most homeless people that you see have a family somewhere.
After Rolling Stone famously retracted their ‘Rape on Campus’ story, Joy Saint James ponders whether we have started to lose faith in first person accounts of rape.
Sara Swaidek travels back home to Tripoli, Libya. The hope of finding peace is far off as she tries to sleep under the sounds of bullets.
A beloved grandmother’s death sparks unbridled joy at the funeral from the unbelievably dysfunctional Ackerson family.
Michael Herrington recalls his childhood of growing up with a stutter. Commonly misunderstood, living with a speech impediment can affect you in many ways often invisible to the listener.
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City worker, James Richardson, describes an anonymous hook up in a bar and the grim reality of trying to have sex after 12 pints of beer.
The all encompassing nature of alcohol abuse is more of a time filler than anything worthwhile.
Sarah and Michaels lives are becoming a misery. So they buy an elephant to take away the pain.
As the rent goes up but his bank account stays the same, Sean Preston reluctantly decides to leave his beloved Limehouse.
The reality of being homeless exposed by those currently living it.
Frank Sonderborg remembers a groundbreaking gig to literally dozens of people in Surrey. It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll.
Euro Championships invariably throws my mind down the years, to a holiday I spent with my…
Laurence’s adventures through life continue as he begins a job as a teacher in a primary school.
Frank Sonderborg has some life lessons for a new father. Don’t worry, it’s all normal.
The conclusion of Matt Micheli’s journey through temping jobs in America.
Personal perspective takes a strange turn after working as a cashier for a long time.
