Ivy AELA 12/19

2. Learning “like a parrot”
3. The topic that makes the dinner table suddenly go silent
7. If you see this facial expression, they really really don’t like you. Also in court, they’ll arrest you.
10. The mood that arrives wearing black and asking everyone to whisper.
11. Like clockwork: it happens every single time.
13. “I can’t—I’m washing my hair”… when your hair is dry.
15. The color of “I want to look responsible but not exciting.”
17. A choice where every option feels like stepping on a LEGO—ethically.
18. “Do as I say, not as I do.”

1. Education plus propaganda
4. When “just one more” becomes your personality.
5. Something you can buy by the barrel, bushel, or the ton—identity not included.
6. A place you buy things in Middle East
8. The feeling of arguing or fighting with a brick wall and losing.
9. Hungry enough to consider eating the menu.
10. Who are you? she asks of her daughter.
12. When a country “moves in” without permission and calls you its domain.
14. — So bright it feels like it’s yelling.
16. The sound a crowd makes when empathy takes a day off.