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  • Sitting with an empty cup.

    I miss home so much. It hit me hard a week ago. One of those quiet, heavy kinds of sadness that just sits with you. I know I should probably stay off social media. It makes it worse, but there’s also this pull to keep looking. To not forget. To stay connected, even if it… Continue reading

  • Unpacking sexual crimes in Samoa

    Where do I even begin? I’m confronted with cases that leave me asking questions I can’t easily answer: Why? How? Why does this happen so often? Why is it normalized or excused in certain circles? How do we begin to make sense of it? These aren’t rhetorical questions—I really want to understand. In American Samoa,… Continue reading