Moving Water

Alicia Cohn Moving Water

by Alicia Cohn

TW: sexual assault

When your head pops out of the water, he is there, two lanes over and looking your direction.

You wheel around. Shoving away from the wall is pressurized with adrenaline. You shoot forward like a rocket.

Whoosh air out your nose. Turn your head. Grab some air. Raise arm behind you from the elbow. Slice through the water with your hand. Repeat.

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Kiss Off: How We Use Our Mouths On The People We Love

Kissing

by Matt Lurie

A man and woman once told me they no longer kissed because “they had better things to do.” The man and woman were Stephen and Amy, my girlfriend Elizabeth’s parents.[1] Elizabeth, who sat with us at the dinner table, said she couldn’t imagine it—not kissing.Continue Reading