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How to Stay Sane During Quarantine
What day is it even? Monday? Wednesday? Is it 2021 yet? The days and hours seem to blend together during this time of isolation. The boundaries between work and home…
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The Problem With Instagram Filters
Which Disney character are you? Which Kung Fu Tea drink are you? ¿Qué tipo de arepa eres? Which nationality do you resemble most? Which White Claw flavor are you? What’s…
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The Toxicity of Hustle Culture
It’s 11:08 PM on a Saturday night. I am 22 years old, and I am partaking in a familiar weekend evening pastime: looking for second jobs on Indeed.com. A quick…
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Deconstructing My Dream of the “Elite” University
I go to my dream school. And I did what I had to do in order to get here. By that, I mean I did everything that an applicant vying…
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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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I’m Tired of Performing on Social Media
My finger shakes as I hit the redownload button; the adrenaline rushes to my head at the thought of being on Instagram again, of being connected. I missed the instant…
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Funding Fear: A Psychological Phenomenon
And in that heart-hammering, skin-crawling moment, I think to myself: where else do people pay $82 to get chased by a man holding a chainsaw? Of course, it’s a fake…
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