Wool sweaters, the smell of dewed grass, the pattern of thick droplets on the roof above you. There is nothing quite like a rainy day. As a Seattle native who has braved many, I want to preserve that indescribable feeling.
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With the pandemic making it difficult to be present in person, it's easy to be seduced by booze and bud when we're seeking stimulation. But what happens when you turn to the can or the clip at 10AM? “Uh-oh” is right. In this essay, I identify healthier alternatives to drinking alcohol and smoking weed for anyone who's hoping to lessen their use of each substance.
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Moving abroad is a big step in one’s life. The arguably most important thing you can do while living abroad is understanding and accepting the people that uphold the customs and culture you are entering into. This article provides input on why and how you should and can achieve that.
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Life makes lots of demands. There is always something else to be done, more to achieve, an event you can’t possibly miss. Sometimes it’s nice to have something, or someone, who lives outside of these expectations. Through recounting my own memorable experience with a low-maintenance friend, this essay reveals the understated importance of friendships built from the in-between moments.
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Anna surpasses the constraints she was written in because her emotional capacity becomes far greater than any protagonist preceding her. She basically had a one-woman revolution, leaving the rest of us people-pleasing type A doormats panting after her. If I’ve learned one thing from Anna—it’s that your reckoning comes whether you believe you deserve it or not. I look at her fictional life span, and I resolve myself to try to make the same decision she did. I would rather live a full, messy life that is completely my own than attempt to live anyone else’s.
Like a whimpering dog, fine art too begs. It pants at our feet for a treat, begging for the sweet morsels of our perspective. The beauty in fine art is that we as the viewer can understand it through what we give to it.
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Maybe it’s because of the recent rise in popularity of the multiverse in movies, but Izzy Ster has been contemplating the various versions of herself that do not walk this Earth. Would she have stuck with the stick figures trapped in the margins of math homework to become a painter? Or maybe she would have continued building model cars and become an engineer.
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This personal essay talks about self-destruction that a person portrays through depressive episodes and the everyday difficulties of living with depression. It explains why a person will perform self-destructive behaviors and destroy everything around them because their depression makes them “invincible.”
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HBO’s sensational show Euphoria recently returned with its second season, resulting and in with mass criticism from viewers. What does this reaction teach us about the stigmatization that addicts might face? How can we do our part in forgiving Rue forgiveness, and peeling back our own biases?
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‘That Girl’ wakes up at 6 a.m. every day to workout, and proceeds to complete every possible task in 24 hours. She is organized, beautiful, cool, and fun. She owns the best products and is always able to do whatever she pleases. You might attempt to become ‘That Girl’ and be frustrated with yourself when it doesn't align with all the videos you’ve been scrolling through. See, the problem with ‘That Girl’ is that it is completely unrealistic. In this article, I will examine why becoming ‘That Girl’ is unattainable, and how the strive for perfection will ruin us.
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