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Leonie V. B.

Where The Work Needs Doing

When I moved to San Luis Obispo, CA, I sent an email to my parents and siblings telling them I am non-binary. I did it with the prompt of…

4 min readApr 13, 2022

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Where The Work Needs Doing

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Leonie V. B.

Grew Up a Screw Up

Written May, 2016

4 min readMar 21, 2021

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Grew Up a Screw Up

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Leonie V. B.

Old Poem

If my life were a poem you’d missed the first stanzas

2 min readMar 18, 2021

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Old Poem

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Leonie V. B.

Gently Acknowledging Privilege

Before everyone starts freaking out about the word “Privilege,” it feels important to define it and show how it is and is not intended to…

3 min readMar 13, 2021

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Gently Acknowledging Privilege

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Leonie V. B.

Your Advice is Not Helping

I recently sat in a room with a teacher while a student talked about a serious hardship they were going through. The teacher, with the…

2 min readMar 3, 2021

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Your Advice is Not Helping

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Leonie V. B.

You Don’t Have To Be Good

In the United States, we are so married to the idea that we must be happy all the time.

3 min readFeb 27, 2021

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You Don’t Have To Be Good

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Leonie V. B.

White Picket Fenced-In and Out

I’m currently in Utah and having a severe allergic reaction to its Mormon culture. Symptoms include: an inclination to poke holes in logic…

8 min readSep 22, 2016

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White Picket Fenced-In and Out

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Leonie V. B.

Leonie V. B.

I don’t claim to be “right” — this is just an account of what I’ve learned so far from my experience, my perspective, and data I’ve collected.

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