Year one: survival.
Year two: comfort, security.
Year three: change it all.
Year one: survival.
Year two: comfort, security.
Year three: change it all.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.





She peck, peck, pecks rhythmically drumming a beat that fills our upstairs. It’s sharp and sudden, making me panic. I listen closely, following it to
What’s your size? She asks. “Oh, you know, 6, 8, 10.” I. Am. A turtle, retreating into her shell. A deflated balloon on the frozen
Croissants are the shit. One cold winter day, as my students slowly filtered in before school, L came into my room and whispered: “Would you