Strangers to Our Teeth: What We Judge When We Judge “Bad Teeth”
My bad teeth are slowly shrinking my world. They are not of my body; they haunt my body.
teeth.
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good bad,
yes, very
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Oldboy, Marathon Man, American Horror Story, The Blair Witch Project,
Camanchaca,The Story of My Teeth, Threats.Homesick for Another World,
Ashley Hutson is a writer living in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, Wigleaf, matchbook, Fanzine, and SmokeLong Quarterly. Find her at www.aahutson.com.
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