Donating Time
I came home last night to a letter. I came home last night because it was three years ago that she took her own life. The letter was from...
Arianna Doughty (SFA ‘22)
Arianna Doughty (SFA ‘22)
Arianna is Texas raised. A junior at Stephen F. Austin in the creative writing department. Having had publications in the charity chapbook Remedy of Water, the proceeds donated to the California wildfires.
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The Interview
During the breaks in school, I come home to live with my family. Which includes my two young nieces. So, for this week, I decided to...
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Arianna’s How To On Dating
I am by no means in the dating scene but here are some tips specially crafted by me. Say Yes! When I say this I mean when your friends say...
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The Best Advice I Was Ever Given
I get involved in many projects, and my one-track mind gets overly involved. I like to describe my brain as a crazy person with a...
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Female
I think about the points in our lives when we change from girls to women. When was the last time I played with a doll? Because one day I...
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The First Year of Loving Him
When I think of love I think of him. I remember talking on the phone with my best friend telling her that if I was going to date him it was...
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The Keeper of Her Pain
“Suicide prevention month” My heart clenches as I hear those words leaving the president’s mouth and I am suddenly very glad I had opted...
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Life During Lockdown
In the beginning, I was scared. At the beginning of spring break, I had every intention of coming back to school, resuming life on campus,...
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What to Write, When Writing is Hard.
Is it writers’ block? Lack of inspiration? Or maybe the fact that no matter what I try I always end up leaving things until the exact last...
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Babes at Night 1985
The dirt crunched under their heavy feet. The men had taken her here, her nightdress was still bloody. The branches of the trees scraped...
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Let’s Talk About Masturbation
Late-night scrolling through Facebook, I came across a post from a young lady whom I attended high school with. She questioned why anyone...
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If a genie gave me three wishes, I’d only need one.
My mom, her name was Laura Alisha Myers-Doughty. Yes and I do mean ‘was’. She died. In 2017 I started college, and by the end of October,...
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Valentine’s Day from a Hospital Room
This is our first Valentine's day together, gifts have been bought, plans have been made. The one hundred and thirty-four miles between us...
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Learning How to be Loved
I don’t think I ever really knew how to be loved. To put it plainly, my parents never married, so growing up I didn’t know what romantic...
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Plus Sized
My roommate squeals with happy excitement. I look up to see her wearing her boyfriend's jacket, she’s swimming in it. She is a petite...
