The Price of Being a Grimes Fan
When I was fourteen, I spent most nights sleepily combing through the Wikipedia pages of new Spotify artists I’d encountered. I didn’t know much about music, so I broadened my…
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Avery Matteo
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Avery Matteo is a 19-year-old creative originally from Charlottesville, Virginia. She studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, planning to major in English and minor in Environmental Studies. Her passions lie in writing and music, and she especially loves when the two coalesce. In her free time, she can be found reading in her favorite coffee shop, annoying her friends with a wealth of Disney facts, or stopping every fifteen steps to take photos of anything yellow.
Online Learning Was Therapeutic For Me. Here’s Why.
The benefits and frustrations of distance learning have fully imbued college culture over the last two months. From students making TikToks about crying during Zoom lectures to posting about wearing…
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The Teen Activists You Should Be Following
It’s difficult to think about the state of our world today without inflaming negative emotions. Reading the news exacerbates feelings of hopelessness and anxiety, with cycles of tragedy and subsequent…
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When Fear Is a Blessing and a Curse
I expend an abnormal amount of energy dodging reminders that I am a living, breathing being who houses a vascular system. If I’m curled up in bed at night and…
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Faith in Flux: An Indie Playlist
Deliberating over the concept of religion is something that feels especially salient as a teenager and young adult. Whether you grew up in a family where faith was a cornerstone…
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Southern Girlhood and Misconceptions: A College Student’s Perspective
Bankston Creech is a talented poet, writer, and performer who hails from Alabama. A sophomore at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia, Creech’s relationship with being Southern was in flux…
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