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Jun 4

You Have To Save Yourself

Kicking off 2026, I was pushing myself hard — physically and cognitively at work and in my extracurriculars.

You Have To Save Yourself

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Mar 10

All(ergy) Inclusive?

For those who have been following my writing for a while now, you know that I have talked about my shellfish allergy and its effect on my…

All(ergy) Inclusive?

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Feb 1

Building Community is a Form of resistance.

Last weekend broke me; it broke a lot of us. The heaviness of the last few years has been hard, and watching the execution of Alex Pretti…

Building Community is a Form of resistance.

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Dec 22, 2025

2025 Year In Review

Man, 2025 felt longer than 365 days, and yet here we are screaming toward January 1, 2026. In a similar vain, 2025 was a year where I felt…

2025 Year In Review

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Nov 9, 2025

No Kings Day: Another Ineffective Attempt Against Trump

By Harper Leary

No Kings Day: Another Ineffective Attempt Against Trump

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Feb 16, 2025

It Takes The Same Energy To Celebrate For Something That It Does To Protest Against Something.

On Friday, over a million people took to the streets of Philadelphia — up Broad Street around City Hall and down the Ben Franklin Parkway…

It Takes The Same Energy To Celebrate For Something That It Does To Protest Against Something.

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Feb 5, 2025

10 Tips for the New Resister

I was at a rally in Philly recently and one of the organizers acknowledged that this was their first protest; a number of the attendees…

10 Tips for the New Resister

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Dec 11, 2024

If You Build It, They Will Come

I moved to Boston, MA, from Philadelphia, PA, in my late teens, a couple of years after officially coming out as a part of the LGBTQ+…

If You Build It, They Will Come

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Sep 9, 2024

Friendships That Last A Lifetime

Recently, a friend who had a formative effect on my life died suddenly. He was the first person my sister and I became good friends with as…

Friendships That Last A Lifetime

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Aug 24, 2024

We Raised A Good Human. What Parent Could Ask for More Than That?

Like approximately two million others in the US, we dropped our kid off at college this week. We knew it would be hard, and it was—I am…

We Raised A Good Human. What Parent Could Ask for More Than That?

Marion Leary

Marion Leary

PHL Geek of the Year '17. Fulbright Specialist '25. Innovation. Human/Equity-centered Design. Podcast host. Writer. http://marionleary.strikingly.com

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