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Priya Gohil<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Wouldn\u2019t the world be a better place if there was a jeans fairy?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A fairy that could find the perfect size of jeans for me,<\/span><\/p>\n

the perfect shade,<\/span><\/p>\n

the perfect price,<\/span><\/p>\n

for a perfect person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A fairy that could glide through the undying lines, not with a Dash Pass, rather a Lash Pass, at the local mall on a bustling Saturday evening, a fairy that could try jeans on for me in the anxiety-inducing fitting rooms (well, maybe not because I love hearing moms and their daughters gossiping about a brown girl next to them all because she\u2019s got thirty hangers on the floor and likes options).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In return, to ease tensions, I\u2019d give them the double finger, <\/span>with my toes.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A fairy that could tailor the jeans to the rims of my rear and to the rims of my hips without error, like a manmade, emotionless, tech-blooded robot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some are friends\u2013boyfriend, bootcut, straight, high rise, politely ripped<\/span><\/p>\n

Levi\u2019s & Lucky Brand & J. Crew\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Madewell & Macy’s\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nordstrom\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who decided skinny jeans weren\u2019t cool anymore?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pathetic, to say the least.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trends are like the end slice of the loaf of bread\u2013lonely, ugly, unwanted, simply to be ignored, ripped apart like cannibals clawing through a pudgy layer of lively, soon to be lifeless salmon skin, and to be vilely discarded into the trash can located underneath in a place I like to call Hell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What ever happened to authenticity, to individuality, to coolness?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some are<\/span> foes\u2013wide-legged, low-rise, loose, baggy, mauled-by-a-grizzly-bear ripped.<\/span><\/p>\n

My giddy eyes elevate, my arched heels reciprocate. Like the kid on the tetanus-plagued seesaw ride at Winona Q Park, finally, I elevate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My hands secure a mature pair of navy, sand washed jeans on the second closet shelf, the one I wore the last day of high school, the one I wore when I found out I got into Rutgers (when I was napping on my mattress that sucked me in like a black hole but lovingly, as I awoke to my aunt\u2019s eyes before my nose, a Rutgers alum, screeching with delight, but quickly I returned to my dream that I\u2018d been engaged to sexy Chris Evans on the shoulder of Garden State Parkway\u2026 romance finds its ways), the one I <\/span>almost<\/span><\/i> wore when I hadn\u2019t been expecting my period, and that\u2019s what got me to believe that God was indeed\u2026 real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My jeans fasten to a T, the denim hugs my love handles, my thighs, and my lotion-deficient ankles, slashed too many times by my childhood abuser\u2014the Razor Scooter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A few seconds later, I cut myself with a scissor by accident, attempting to D.I.Y jean shorts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of the thread-like wound gushed unfamiliar yet familiar liquid, warm, sizzling, like heart attack-crispier-than-toenails bacon on a pan of piping hot oil, in the shade <\/span>down the shore ocean water<\/span><\/i>, Avon-By-The-Sea of course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some would say I\u2019m red-blooded, but I\u2019d say I\u2019m denim-blooded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Priya Gohil<\/strong>, class of 2026, is pursuing a Marketing degree with minors in Psychology and Creative Writing. Born and raised in Wayne, New Jersey, her passion for creative writing ignited in her hometown, in Dr. White\u2019s AP Language and Composition class. From the walls of high school to the halls of Rutgers Writers House, she brings her love for writing wherever she goes. In her leisure time, she enjoys cooking, Indian classical dancing, and a generous tub of chocolate ice cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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