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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Human Parts

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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May 29, 2024

Prom, Protest, and Police

Four years ago, I collected the Class of 2020's “No Prom” stories while struggling to face the 25th anniversary of mine. Now, many of their…

Prom, Protest, and Police

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Engage

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Dec 30, 2023

A Holiday Stroke

My mother and I have spent hours making ornaments, coloring holiday pictures, and decorating gingerbread people during her two weeks in…

A Holiday Stroke

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Oct 11, 2022

Telling the Story of No, YOU Tell It!

Not a “best of” anthology but a showcase of how our switched-up storytelling series has evolved over the past decade.

Telling the Story of No, YOU Tell It!

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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May 13, 2022

I Want to See a Fat Carrie

Friday the 13th during prom season is the perfect day to acknowledge the blood-spattered prom queen was plus-sized on the page.

I Want to See a Fat Carrie

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Mar 24, 2022

That College Essay on “A Million Little Things” isn’t Getting You into Yale

Writing About Someone Else is a Common Mistake Students Make

That College Essay on “A Million Little Things” isn’t Getting You into Yale

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Mar 16, 2022

5-Sentence Paragraph: “Faking It” as a Freelancer

Imparting KJ Wisdom One Basic Paragraph at a Time

5-Sentence Paragraph: “Faking It” as a Freelancer

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Nov 1, 2021

#CityArtistCorps Recipients Aren’t Winners

October marked the culmination of hundreds of New York City Artist Corps (CAC) events across the city, so let’s take a moment to…

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Apr 30, 2021

Questionable Caretaker: Day 10-WTF

How do you color the future when your Crayola box is filled with 64 shades of trauma?

Questionable Caretaker: Day 10-WTF

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Mar 11, 2021

I Appreciate Not Having a Body

The pandemic has taught me to appreciate many things, but my love of being a disembodied head came as a surprise.

I Appreciate Not Having a Body

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Human Parts

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

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Aug 5, 2020

Google Maps Basically Thinks I’m Dead

The app stopped tracking me on March 10, 2020 — and I’m lost without it

Person wearing astronaut standing in empty street with phone raised, taking a selfie.

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons

Writer, educator, and producer of No, YOU Tell It! (noyoutellit.com) Stalk my Insta adventures @KJ_Fitzsimmons @noyoutellit

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