Diversitychallenge Stories

A thirty day writing challenge -- because the world around us isn't a white-washed, heterosexual, able-bodied, one-religioned, cisgendered ideal. The world around us is a beautiful place, and maybe its beauty is only accented by the crazy people within it.

We begin our story in New York. - - - - - When Zara moves to New York after her father accepts a job offer to work there and her entire family relocates across the world from their little flat in Southeast Asia, she meets Holly, the barista in the coffee shop across her new apartment. - - - - - Excerpt: "Let me repeat your order: a large iced caramel latte." She made sure to put emphasis on pronouncing caramel as carmel. "Caramel," slipped out of my mouth. She had a marker in her hand, and she pointed it at me, shaking her head. "Carmel." I stuck my tongue out. I actually stuck my tongue out at a complete stranger. Oh God, I was sure I would recall this ten years from now and fall apart with embarrassment, while she wouldn't even remember my face. But I really wanted her to remember my face. [girlXgirl]