The Statement

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The picture stays in the kid: 'Custody'

“But, of course, by the end, one can’t help but feel regret for even feeling a modicum of sympathy for the monster.”

Daily Film Editor Daniel Hensel on coping with divorce 

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Spinning out of control: The balance between performance and body image

“It’s difficult to denounce a lifestyle that has been etched into your brain, diet and outlook on food. It’s consuming — present at every store, social event, relationship.”

Deputy Statement Editor Yoshiko Iwai on body image 

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Empath in the Wild: When I fight back

“These instances of gender discrimination and violence force me into these kinds of behaviors because it feels like the only thing I can do in response.”

Daily Columnist Regan Detwiler on gender and sexual harassment 

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Empath in the Wild: Free to feel

“The liberal call for more empathy seems to be at odds with calls for restrictions on hate speech and more safe spaces.”

Columnist Regan Detwiler on current politics and empathy 

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Personal Statement: Trigger warning

“He can’t know that my father is a crying man, that I told him I was raped on a walk in the woods together.”

The Michigan Daily’s writer on sexual assault 

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Behind the Lie: "It's not alcoholism until you graduate"

“She added the stigma she first experienced while in recovery about a year ago has been somewhat removed as awareness has grown on campus.”

Managing News Editor Alexa St John on issues surrounding college alcoholism 

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In Excess: To disappear into the Sun

“Framing a personal struggle around a song is tacky.”

Daily Arts Editor Tess Garcia on emotional security 

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How To: Respond to The Question

“And that’s why a lot of us want to spontaneously combust, because we just don’t know.”

Daily Sports Writer Sylvanna Gross on graduation 

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Golden State Worrier: Life dehydrated

“This was a strange habit, and Freud would have had something to say about it, and my therapist certainly had something to say about it.”

Daily Arts Writer Harrison Krinsky on his anxiety

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Personal Statement: Not an Open Book, but a Sacred Space

“These statements contribute to a culture of blame that both silences survivors and overlooks the accountability of perpetrators.”

Daily Michigan in Color Editor Neel Swamy on domestic violence 

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Personal Statement: To the ER and beyond

“As soon as I regained consciousness, I could only think of one question: Who was she?”

Daily Sports Writer Avi Sholkoff on his search for the one who helped  

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Personal Statement: An Open Letter to my Absent Father

“In times of hardship, sickness and the ever-returning vengeance of the malignant biological father of her children, she’s there.”

Managing News Editor Alexa St. John

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Personal Statement: Alone, not lonely

“My thoughts can sort themselves out without the pressure of keeping up conversations.”

Managing Photo Editor Amelia Cacchione on doing things alone

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Personal Statement: In Other Words

“But then when I’m with her, I forget about it and I can see clearly again. “

Daily Film Editor Rebecca Lerner on her parents response to her sexual orientation  

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Personal Statement: Story of a Curl

“In asking these questions, I resist the urge to let something as superficial and arbitrary as a collection of dead cells define me, yet maybe that choice isn’t even one that is up to me.”

Daily Arts Writer Maria Robins-Somerville on hair acceptance 

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Golden State Worrier: Just Keep Tapping

“She said there are more than 100 spots that could be touched on the body to stimulate the flow of energy; she gave me 11 of these spots to start with.”

Daily Arts Writer Harry Krinsky on mental illness and therapy 

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Little Things: Treat yourself the way you would treat your daughter

“At first I was confused and somewhat insulted, but after much consideration, this message rightfully began to make sense.”

Daily Arts Writer Erika Shevchek on being a woman