The Truth Project by Dante Medema

Author:Dante Medema
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 2020-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Masks I currently wear:

School Mask that says I’m fine. I’m ready for college, and I’m not scared.

Jack Mask that says that I’m mature and cool, and ready to meet him.

Dad Mask that says I don’t spend every day thinking about how he isn’t my real dad.

Sana Mask that says there’s nothing I’ve ever hidden from you.

Kodi Mask that says I understand him. I’m cool. I’m mature. I play these games all the time.

Sister Bea

Me: Can we talk?

Bea: Sure.

Me: Without you getting upset or acting like I’m a little kid and I don’t know what I’m talking about?

Bea: I’m not sure what you mean by that.

But yeah.

Me: I’m having a hard time with my project.

Dad said you had a hard time too.

Bea: I did.

It was hard to find myself in people that aren’t “real.”

Most of them are just names with no faces.

So I dove in deeper and deeper.

I became obsessed.

I was on GeneQuest and AncestorHunt all the time.

But after I found out we were related to Emmeline Pankhurst it clicked for me.

Me: You felt like what you found defined you?

Bea: Absolutely.

Me: To the point that it changed you?

Bea: For sure.

I guess it made me want to explore feminism more.

Actually, it’s a big part of the reason I chose Brown.

Because they have an incredible Women’s Studies program.

Me: But you changed your major.

Bea: Yeah.

I did.

I don’t want to be an academic for the rest of my life.

And Finance allows me stability later on.

What better way to be a feminist than to take charge of your own success?

Me: Yeah. I get that.

Bea: It’s like this.

You’ve always had this connection with Dad, right?

Me: I have?

Bea: Yeah.

You’ve got that poet/artsy vibe thing.

And I’ve always connected with Mom on that “I want to take over the world” thing.

We’re both workaholics.

Very Emmeline Pankhurst about things.

Me: Ah.

Bea: But on Dad’s side we’re actually related to Emily Dickinson.

God, have you done any of the AncestorHunt research or did you just log your ethnicities and call it a day?

Me: I guess the latter.

What does Iris get from our parents?

Bea: I think she’s got a little bit of both.

Ever notice how she won’t talk to people when she’s mad?

Like Mom?

But she’s got Dad’s sense of humor.

Me: What if you didn’t learn all this from your project?

What if what you learned changed everything you knew but in a bad way?

Bea: What do you mean?

Me: I don’t know.

Sorry.

Just having a bad night.

I’ll talk to you soon. Okay?

Bea: Okay.

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