Father

In typical teenage fashion, my angst and stubbornness made me villainize my father for simply wanting me to be a better student and a better person. I wanted to just be young and careless, but my dad always knew I was destined for more. I am so proud to be my father’s daughter.

Many people know Franz Kafka from his 20th century existentialist and surreal works such as “The Metamorphosis.” However, lesser known are the compilation of letters that he wrote throughout his life. Most notably, “Letters to Milena” is a collection of letters published after his death about the correspondence he had with his romantic interest, Milena Jesenská, during the time period between 1920 and 1923.

I find myself incredibly grateful now, finally, for things that I always should’ve been grateful for.

I hated most of all that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t do anything. No matter how much I wanted to be, I couldn’t be enough.

The one thing he did show me was how I want to love and be loved. I want to counteract the hate that he’s put out. I want to clean off the rust and shine.

When you're an immigrant who spends your entire life working to be wealthy, oftentimes you work to the detriment of your health.

“There’s no limits, there’s no ties — I feel like love is so important,” said singer-songwriter Harry Hudson in an interview with The Daily Californian. “It goes beyond work, it goes beyond career, it goes beyond what’s happening in the moment.”

Van Groeningen’s film “Beautiful Boy” — adapted from David Sheff’s memoir of the same name and Nic Sheff’s “Tweak” — tells two individual stories in conversation with one another. A tale of not just addiction, but of a delicate relationship between father and son, the film moves fluidly between the two narratives.

America has long been plagued by unfairly contrived stereotypes, but few have been as widely and consistently accepted as the “classic dad.”

The fact that I’ve had sex with many people besides my one and only “daddy” shouldn’t be the litmus test for parenthood.