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Samantha Harrington

Pinned

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Sam’s Storybook

Mourning baby birds as the world opens up

It started with three eggs. Smooth and blue. The kind of blue you only get on mornings without haze or mist or fog. Tucked in a nest left…

May 18, 2021

Mourning baby birds as the world opens up

May 18, 2021

Pinned

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Moving with the music

NB: This essay is best read after you’ve listened to Little Oblivions

Feb 27, 2021

Moving with the music

Feb 27, 2021

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Sam’s Storybook

A body is not a shell

I’ve never been particularly attached to my body. I neglect it, hide it, use it as a coat rack. It has always felt like a thing I inhabit…

Mar 6, 2023

A body is not a shell

Mar 6, 2023

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Sam’s Storybook

I’m too old to feel this young

I’m bad at imagining the future. I freeze anytime someone asks me for a five-year plan. I don’t know what I want. I just want to be happy…

Feb 27, 2023

I’m too old to feel this young

Feb 27, 2023

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Checking for missing pieces

My friend Abi told me once I was giving my brain too much credit, that other parts of the body feel things too. I regularly feel the urge…

Feb 20, 2023

a drawing of a hand holding a skewer. a heart is impaled.

Feb 20, 2023

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Sam’s Storybook

Ghost hunting on the failed 50th anniversary of Roe

I was watching the crowd: The girl in the sparkly white hat sitting on her father’s shoulders; the brothers chasing each other around a…

Jan 24, 2023

Ghost hunting on the failed 50th anniversary of Roe

Jan 24, 2023

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Sam’s Storybook

They’ll have to drag me from Wisconsin

There is still so much to fight for.

Jul 19, 2022

They’ll have to drag me from Wisconsin

Jul 19, 2022

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Edge Crunch

If this is the Olympic dream, we need a new one.

The world’s best athletes deserve more than being used for power.

Feb 17, 2022

If this is the Olympic dream, we need a new one.

Feb 17, 2022

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Edge Crunch

The ISU failed Kamila Valieva. Now what?

It’s past time to reform figure skating’s governing body

Feb 13, 2022

The ISU failed Kamila Valieva. Now what?

Feb 13, 2022

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Edge Crunch

America’s sweethearts should be a Chinese pairs team

Don’t let nationalism keep you from appreciating greatness!

Feb 3, 2022

America’s sweethearts should be a Chinese pairs team

Feb 3, 2022

Samantha Harrington

Samantha Harrington

Freelance journo and designer. I write. A lot. Tea obsessed but need coffee to live. Usually dancing- poorly.

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