ESSAYS

Unconventional and Unapologetic

Hi, I’m Jordana. I am a Chinese American adoptee with two gay dads, a nonbiological brother and I grew up with a Jewish background. To...

Confessions of a Straight-A Student

My fixation with grades comes from a fear of imperfection; a desire to ‘get it right’. I feel it in my chest while doing my homework, and I

The Art of Losing Yourself

I realized in order to cope with senses of loss, to cope with life’s changes, to cope in general, I had to strip myself down to my bones and

‘Through the looking glass’: Why self-reflection is important in pandemic life.

This time, more now than ever, we must reflect on ourselves, seek resolution and embrace everything life throws at us.

4 Lessons I Learned During Quarantine

I learned a lot during quarantine, and here are what I think are the four most important:

The Myth of Cancel Culture

I do not believe in “cancel culture”, because it does not exist.

I Miss You, World

Since the UK went into lockdown last March, I’ve been aching with wanderlust. In the first half of that long, isolated stretch, I managed...

Gender VS Sex

You hold the power to choose what you are comfortable with, identify with, and feel in your heart.

Why I'll Always be a Pessimist

All my life, I’ve seen the worst in things. I’ve tried to change that occasionally, but my pessimism always gets the best of me and I...

Simple Salvation: The Necessity of Music During COVID-19

Like me, we all have certain music that helped us through the most difficult stretches of the pandemic, and continues to do so as the world

Antisemitism and Hate in America

e year is 2021. Hate resonates throughout America. Violence and prejudice against minorities happen every day.

All About Hygge (and how it can get you through this winter)

What gets you through winter? Endless mugs of hot chocolate? Sleeping until midday whenever you can, while the world thaws slowly...

Has COVID Canceled the Influencer?

How social media influencers are snubbing the pandemic

Our Education System is Ableist

How the current education system enables ableism.

My Covid-19th Birthday

My birthday being covid positive.

Social Media & Self Image: as Told by a Young Black Woman

Social media breeds insecurity in women and girls and I am no exception

The True Villain of 'Among Us'

I'd always thought that the villain I struggled against in my life was time. Instead, it had been the app games that wiggled itself into our

Fifteen Minutes

Somewhere, a ticking clock clicks, tck tck tck. Each second a countdown for the unknown, or the regret of now knowing. It’s subjectivity is

Its 2020 and we still aren't a post racial society

A post racial society is a theoretical environment which is free from, racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice

Violent Ends

Where do I come from? Why am I the way I am? What am I going to be?

Social Media-The Puppet Master of Our Lives

Reflecting on Netflix's "The Social Dilemma"