Vodka Yonic features a rotating cast of women, nonbinary and gender-diverse writers from around the world sharing stories that are alternately humorous, sobering, intellectual, erotic, religious or painfully personal. You never know what you’ll find in this column, but we hope this potent mix of stories encourages conversation.

Last summer, my friends and I went on a pilgrimage to Dollywood for the first time. We spent the first day of the trip eating kettle corn and riding the Blazing Fury roller coaster, our plastic seasonal Dolly cups bashing us in the shins the whole time. When we got back to the Airbnb in Gatlinburg, exhausted and sun-weary, my friends sat down to rest while I went back to my car to grab something I’d forgotten from the back seat. I walked out distracted, looking

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