Despite what my average interlocutor might think, I’m incredibly aware of my excessively talkative nature. Words spill out of my mouth like a waterfall of mythic proportions, leaving my well-meaning conversationalist drenched and shivering, having been met by the blast of a firehose when all they had asked for was a glass of water. With some concentration – an effort that ranges from slight to Herculean, depending on the time of day and my state of caffeination – I can rein i

Ever since the 2023 Barbie movie swept through cinemas across the country, I have noticed a significant change in the way femininity is discussed on social media. In this blog post, I intend to explore these depictions, as I pose the following questions: Do we have to define femininity in order to embrace it? And if we define it, does that actually limit what femininity is, and can be? “Feminine” Trends There are many social media trends that seem to embrace “femininity” (I u

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Author's Note: This is a 20 minute podcast my good friend Claire and I made for a class project. Please note that there is an explicative...

S.B 1515 As I packed my bag at the end of class on Monday, April 24th, I took my phone out, and was greeted by a text message that read...

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To be an anxious girl Is to see that the world isn’t always fair. It’s watching sexist white men rip your rights right out of your hands....

When you hear “ADHD”, what do you think of? If you had asked me that a few years ago, I would have imagined a little boy in school,...

It’s kind of cold in here. I want to put my jacket back on, but if I’m too warm, I’ll fall asleep. Then I’ll run out of time. Then I’ll...

The autumn season always strikes a chord within me. Mother Nature brings out her knitting needles, delicately weaving wispy white clouds...

When I close my eyes and picture that day, the first thing that comes to mind is the heat. It was the kind of sticky, heavy heat that...

On cloudless nights, I gaze at the stars, and imagine a world that's quite like ours. There’ll be sprawling cities and deep blue seas,...