✨ What’s something you want to leave behind in the past?

The Brain is a Noodle || Sunny Side Updates Week 21

Quick Housekeeping Note!

As our writer community is growing, I’m starting to get applications where folks aren’t leaving their medium username when they fill out the form available here.

A reminder that this is absolutely crucial! Numerous other Medium writers may have your name so there’s no way I can discern across the many Jane and John Does out there 😂.

Your username is included in your link. For example, my profile link is ramyeonjpg.medium.com, and when you add an “@” before the bolded piece, you’re able to tag me at Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Shortform Theme of the Week

This week’s shortform theme is: What’s something you want to leave behind in the past?

Submit your shortform piece (<150 words) now to share your thoughts!

This is just a guideline for inspiration! You may submit shortforms related to other concepts if other ideas come to you! :)

The Brain is a Noodle*

*This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains.

🍜 Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week

Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ❤

✨Distance by Julia Appa 🌳Wood by Shivangi Patel 💤Gardening in Pajamas by Jenine Bsharah Baines 🦋I Was Eight-Years Old When I First Fell In Love With Poetry by Shivangi Patel 😈Making Peace With Devil by Pretheesh Presannan 😴Dissuasion Techniques by Dr. Fatima Imam 🎒Dear High School by Jen Eve 💟Falling in Love as a Six-Year-Old, With California by Michael Burg, MD 🧡A Toast by Baye Amina 🥛Rock Solid by Dr. Fatima Imam 💖The Girl by Dennett 💍Going Steady by Mark Tulin 🥛Milkiness by Pretheesh Presannan 🤣Frustrated! Frustrated! Frustrated! — Also Discontented, Embittered, Stymied and Crabbed by Michael Burg, MD 💤I Drank Some “Good Night “ Oil by Dr. Jackie Greenwood 🧀Nothing Beats the Classic by Kasun Ranasinghe ✨Hope by Shivangi Patel 🍳Double The Eggcitement by Rochelle Silva 🥪Boost of Energy by Dr. Fatima Imam 💛I was Six-years old when I First Fell in Love with Grandma by Pooja Rane 😞Sorrow by R. Rangan PhD 🍕It’s Ok to Eat Alone by Malik Bellamy ❌Delete by Connie Song 😋Grilled Sandwich To Cherish by Dr. Preeti Singh 🥪Bombay Sandwich by Niru 🍷A Hearty Red by Dennett 🥓Breakfast Fantasy Poem by Aimée Gramblin ☁Gravity by Jac Gautreau 💑Your life partner matters in a career trajectory by Pooja Rane 🥛A Special Kind by Imad 🖼The house of artists by Julia Appa 💪You Need to Live Your Life at 273% by Emily Wilcox 🥪Finger Sandwich by R. Rangan PhD

👉 Featured TBIN writer of the week: Dr. Preeti Singh

Check out their most recent pieces!

🔊 Amazing Voices to Amplify

We don’t have to let the algorithm decide what we get to read. Here are my manually saved faves!

Thank you to Bingz Huang, Melanie J., Jenine Bsharah Baines, Dr. Fatima Imam, Ntathu Allen and Isha Tewari Srivastava for these pieces! 🙏

The Eggcademic Corner

🥓 Quick brEGGfast Bites

What I’m watching: Food Wars / Shokugeki no Soma (anime)

What I’m reading: The Girl with all the Gifts by MR Carey

What I’m listening to: Episode 26: Grit of Hidden Brain podcast

Pl🍳t Developments: Something to chew over

🎊 Top 3 articles of the week

Celebrate with me!

😭 Flop 3 articles of the week

Give these a little love, will ya?

🧠🍜 Thank you to the Noodle Team!

challenge: pick 3 writers you haven’t met yet and get acquainted with their pieces!

New writers: The Dozen | Malik Bellamy | Olivia Th | Shaista Malik | Emily Wilcox | Brajendra | Eva Rotolo | Bhavna Narula | Shannon Hugman | Ryan DeJonghe | Ryan DeJonghe

Dennett | Haider Jamal Abbasi | Swagat Choudhury | Vivian | Mark Tulin | Arslan Mirza | Amber Carlson | Dawn | Whatsinanaim | Amy Pierovich | Pooja Rane | Carolyn Riker | Tally | Shivangi Patel | Giulia | ScienceDuuude | Rachael Ann Sand | Divina Grey | Sri Devi Om | Sarah Paris | DISHA GARG | Jen Kleinknecht | janny’s heart | Penofgold | Blank Voice | Kele Mogotsi | Jessie London | Indubala Kachhawa | Radhika Ghose | Mil H. | Zeno Faber | Maziar Ghaderi | Julia Appa | Campbell Christensen | Allison Gaines | Lori Lamothe | Tima Loku | Kim McKinney | Baye Amina | SOULutionMan, aka Yohanan Gregorius | Tom Fenske | Johannes Mudi | Kasun Ranasinghe | Just a Slytherin hissing | Dr. Fatima Imam | Ntathu Allen | Somsubhra Banerjee | Veronica Georgieva | Life is Amazing with Books and Writers | Dandy Lioness | Bola Kwame | Haider Jamal Abbasi | Michael Ranjitsingh | Telling You Something | Krupesh Raikar | Muda El Masry | Rusty Alderson | Jennifer S. | Dr. Preeti Singh | Punch Drunk Cola | Melissa Speed | Ntathu Allen | Denise G | Carolyn Hastings | Tej | Vijini Mallawaarachchi | Amy Marley | Jac Gautreau | Caroline de Braganza | Roz Warren | Melissa Bee | Pretheesh Presannan | Erivaldo Ricardo | Daniel A. Teo | Anuradha Wickramarachchi | Niru | Priyanka Mane | Em Hoccane | Synthia Satkuna, MA Candidate | Alexandra Forsyth | R. Rangan PhD | Sruthi Korlakunta | Connie Song | Fathiyah Zb | Not quite Steve Fisher | Amna Asif | Jacobo the First | Aimée Gramblin | A Fresh Pot of Coffee | Rebecca Stevens A. | Imad | James G Brennan | Mary Keating | Jay Avery | h.a wadi | Pablo Pereyra | Isaac | Jenine Bsharah Baines | Rochelle Silva | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Ruchi Thalwal | Clare Almand | Dana Sanford | Naomi Leilani Acosta | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Fathiyah Zb | Amna Asif | Not quite Steve Fisher

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