Kristin (Kristen) Lee

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81 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 21 Jul

Kristin (Kristen) Lee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Moth · Walking the Walk: The Moth Radio Hour · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

I shuffle off to the dance alone, and in the dorm basement, 90s tunes are pumping.

Wannabe by the Spice Girls, Everybody by Backstreet Boys.

And in my normal life, I'm too self-conscious to really be much of a dancer.

But tonight, I'm like, what the heck?

I don't know anybody here who I care about.

Why not let loose?

Because these girls' rejection of me, yeah, it's kind of broken me, but it's also freed me.

Because why contort myself into something else when it's not going to make people like me?

Why not just be myself?

So I let the music take over, and I dance.

I get pulled into this big dance circle, and everyone around me is smiling, and I'm feeling the beat, and soon I'm smiling too.

So when the camp counselor taps me on the shoulder and says, hey, your mom's here, I'm like, what?

Why is my mom here?

And then I remember that a few hours ago I was bawling and asking to go home.

I end up staying at camp.

I do learn very cool stuff about mitosis and meiosis and mutations in Mendel.

And I make new friends who are nice, normal people.

But I never forget that there really are mean people in this world.

And you can't always win them over with kindness.

But you don't have to let them crush your spirit.

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