The Micro-Trends of Quarantine, Ranked
With nowhere to be but inside, social distancing has turned us all into pseudo-cyborgs, scrolling through TikTok with screen times of seven or eight hours, existing to others only in…
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Katherine Williams
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Katherine Williams is a seventeen-year-old student and writer from Chicago, and she’s also Lithium’s Newsletter Director. She loves the postmodernism wing of the Art Institute, the dried fruit aisle of Trader Joe’s, and her bed, where she watches The Good Place.
Call Her Daddy Is Better Without Sofia
Many have felt the pain of losing a friend to a boyfriend. But rarely are those involved subject to the devoted attention of the Daddy Gang. After two years of…
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Gazing at Myself
In the Notes app on my phone, there is a list entitled “books of high school.” I made it at the end of my freshman year with the intention of…
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Spreadsheets, Paris, and My Type A Personality
Looking down at the French streets outside my hotel window, I almost started crying. It was 9:30 AM, an hour and a half after I wanted to start our day,…
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When Self-Care Isn’t Corporate
For several years in my mid-adolescent existence, I felt an overwhelming presentiment of instability, of anxiety and sadness and general emptiness. I felt wrapped up in the demands and desires…
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Social Media Activism: Protesting for Clout?
Amidst the intersection of social media and politics has emerged a new kind of online brand: activist influencer. From sponsored posts to paid vacations, these social media celebrities have built…
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Having the Wrong Eating Disorder
Watching To the Bone felt horrible. My body felt cold, my stomach felt a bit nauseous, and I constantly felt the need to touch my arms, the area of skin…
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A Female Presidency Enforces Patriarchy
In response to a Fox News anchor questioning her statement that women should have a seat at the political table, 2020 hopeful Kirsten Gilibrand explained, “It’s not meant to be…
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Notes from a Fraudulent Writer
I have a confession to make: I did not religiously read Rookie. I signed up for the newsletter, I owned the yearbooks, and sure, I read some articles, but I…
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