Am I Allowed to Cry?

Am I Allowed to Cry?

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I am not a boy!
A tender defiance against having to be strong
Nov 7 • 
Whitney Amato

October 2025

Validation
Can you see me?
Oct 25 • 
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Next September, Bring Sweetness
I measure my life in Septembers now.
Oct 8 • 
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Places Where I’ve Met God
A List (Non-exhaustive)
Oct 5 • 
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September 2025

Long Live Boyhood
And alligators
Sep 12 • 
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August 2025

Where Stories Sleep
When was the last time you visited a public library?
Aug 26 • 
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Maid of Honor: The Real Love Story
Sacred sisterhood and my actual maid of honor toast.
Aug 19 • 
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The Blur Between Me and Me
I’m in a dizzying haze of contradictions.
Aug 7 • 
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Seven Hundred Saturdays
Which life awaits?
Aug 1 • 
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July 2025

The Stars Remember
A page from a story I have yet to finish writing
Jul 28 • 
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The Woman Behind Sharonoak
Exclusive gallery of my sweet, spunky grandmother who inspired "Sharonoak"
Jul 25 • 
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The Lake Knows My Name
I whisper to the trees and they talk back to me.
Jul 22 • 
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