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Stories in Humans that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
Power of Faith
The power of faith is amazing Don't worry, I don't mean religious faith, I'm not here to convert you, though if you are religious you might relate to this just as well in your own way
Donny FoleyPublished 2 days ago in HumansA Hiatus Turned Reflection
No, I wasn't dead, nor fighting off some great mystical beast tyrannizing a group of villagers. To those who look forward to what I have to say, or to put it better, write, I am genuinely sorry for my disappearance from the Vocal platform and community.
Dailyn TownesPublished 10 days ago in Humans2024
Later, she would remember that minute in bursts, as though she were standing behind a bright light that flashed between scenes, flickering oddly with colors that were too bright before her eyes:
Hidden Happiness
The world in which we live, is constantly changing, and this applies even more so in these days in which we live. With the implementation of AI into the workplace, people are beginning to fear for their jobs. With the rumors of wars circulating across the globe people are falling into fearful states, that are spurred on by changes, the likes of which we have never in human history, experienced before.
Kaylon ForsythPublished 14 days ago in HumansThis Is Me... Now
Like many, witnessing the events leading up to and during the Black Lives Matter uprisings of 2020 changed me. In the past, comments about other’s perceptions of my Blackness made me feel disconnected from other Black people. However, seeing the ever-growing list of names and faces of beautiful Black men, women, and children meeting horrific ends at the hands of police, neighborhood watchmen, and the occasional Karen, along with other injustices, forced me to not only take back my Blackness from those people but own it.
Jonathan ApolloPublished about a month ago in HumansGrace in the Soup Kitchen and the Parking Lot
My city has been deeply scarred over the last few years. Many businesses have closed and are boarded up, and countless people are on the streets, in tents, near busy roads, and in residential neighborhoods. The officials seem incapable of doing much to remedy this crisis.
Ute Luppertz ✨Published about a month ago in HumansThe Greener Grass
“I wonder if the people that were never fully able to commit to me would have loved me more if I was prettier.” It was earlier this morning I saw this anonymous note posted on an edgy, introspective page on instagram. I’m sad to say that the message resonated with me immediately when I saw it.
The Rise of Anti-intellectualism
I saw a video months ago of a man criticizing writer and director Jordan Peele and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. His main complaint was that Peele’s films were too complicated for the average moviegoer to comfortably consume. He goes on to say that the average moviegoer doesn’t want to google hidden meanings or watch the film 2-3 times to notice small details.
Olivia BarkerPublished about a month ago in HumansIt's Okay
“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” ― C. JoyBell C. I was inspired by my body today. It took me so many years to stop hating myself and just love my body for what it is- and that is my body.
Chloe Rose Violet 🌹Published 2 months ago in HumansLove Undisneyfied
Boy and girl meet, usually from different worlds. They fall fast, and though forced apart by dastardly villains, clashes in class, or cultural disapproval, they overcome the odds and are united at the end, to live happily ever after...
Joe O’ConnorPublished 2 months ago in HumansI Married a Dragon
My wife is a polymath and highly accomplished research scientist who skipped high school to attend college at the age of 14 which speaks to her intellectual capabilities. She holds a masters degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of Virginia and has a long list of publications as both lead author and co-author in the peer reviewed scientific literature, including a most recent second authorship in the prestigious journal Science. She has worked with highly dangerous pathogens for much of her career, and is a recognized expert on Yersinia pestis (Bubonic plague), and Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax). Lest you think she is some pale skinned lab nerd who has spent her entire life locked in a lab chained to a bench, she has also been a field biologist. She worked for five years in the Daintree Rainforest in Australia chasing down the source of mycobacterium ulcerans, cause of a terrible skin disease that plagues indigenous populations there. The Daintree is often called the most dangerous forest in the world, and is not a place most people would want to visit for a day, let alone work in, five to seven days a week for five years.
Everyday JunglistPublished 2 months ago in HumansLoving the Unlovely
We often talk about love as if it is something beyond our comprehension. Something divine or ethereal that cannot be touched or seen. We talk about it in hushed tones or scream about it, but usually when it feels distant. When we feel it slipping away.
S. A. CrawfordPublished 2 months ago in Humans