Peyton Worsham

About Me

I'm an author studying English at the University of Central Florida; I've been published by Cypress Dome Literary Magazine and The Borgen Project. I have experience in library science, the digital humanities, communications, and filmography. I hope my work proves entertaining! 

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My Latest Work

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7 Christmas Horror Movies To Get You in the Holiday Spirit

Content warning: This article discusses extreme fictional violence.With Halloween just recently coming to a close and Christmas decorations already spreading through stores, we’re back in that weird sweet spot between the holidays. Bags of candy on sale, Frank Sinatra wishing listeners Merry Christmas while it’s still eighty degrees, skulls coming down while lights go up, and we’re left twiddling our thumbs. To combat that idle Christmas dread, here’s a list of slashers, thrillers, and dark come...
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Taylor Swift Criticized for Racism in 'Opalite'

Taylor Swift needs no introduction. An icon for young women, songwriters, and hopeless romantics, Swift has built an impressive career out of daydreams, heartbreaks, and a clever command of the English language. Her twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl, dropped on Oct. 3 and shattered records with over five million Spotify pre-saves, the highest in the platform’s history. Yet despite the impressive numbers, Swift’s avid fans and casual listeners are denouncing some of her more embarrassing lyri...
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Take Me to Church: Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour Review

The hot August sun beat down upon a line stretching around the block, while bodies covered in lace and camo fan themselves with ball caps and flat hands. My boyfriend and I have been hunkering down for roughly two hours, but doors open at 7 p.m. Finally, just as the sun begins to duck behind the Atlanta skyline, cowboy boots and Doc Martens begin the slow shuffle forward into the venue. I chatter away excitedly, “I hope she plays Thoroughfare, I think she did that night one, I wonder what the se...
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Freedom Farm Orlando: Helping Fight Food Insecurity at a Local Level

It’s a Saturday morning. My alarm chimes from across the room, the sky is still grey and sleepy (just like me), and I have a pair of rubber boots waiting for me at the door. I fight the comfort of my bed and begin to get ready for my morning, donning jeans with dirty stains decorating my knees and a ratty old t-shirt. In thirty minutes, I’ll be driving out to a small church, where I’ll join friends and like-minded peers in an impressive garden, weeding and composting until noon. This is the Peop...
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Who Am I?: The Influence of Mahmoud Darwish on Palestine - The Borgen Project

What will I do? What will I do without exile and a long night that stares at the water? Mahmoud Darwish asks in his poem “Who Am I, Without Exile?” The poem, published in 2008 in The Butterfly’s Burden, is a sentiment explored by Darwish throughout much of his work.
The master lyrical poet constantly asks for answers to who he is; however, Mahmoud Darwish never stood alone and never failed to call out to the Palestinian people he wrote for. Though Darwish sadly passed away in 2008, his work rema...
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Examining Child Marriage in Russia - The Borgen Project

In 2015, the headline “Chechen Police Chief Marries Teen Bride Amid Mounting Scandal” appeared in The Moscow Times, before appearing in The Guardian. The image at the top of the article displays a young girl, simply 17, next to the groom, Nazhud Guchigov. When the story first broke, reporters stated that Guchigov was 57, but later amended this to 46. Guchigov’s marriage was a hot topic for several reasons; allegedly, Guchigov utilized his authority as a police chief to intimidate his bride’s par...

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