2020 Is My Year of Online Vanity
By November, I will have completed an entire year of my degree online (bar the one glorious day I had on campus in March), rehearsed and produced four separate pieces…
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Anonymous Interviews: Are Your Friends Actually Social Distancing?
There have been a number of rude awakenings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but perhaps none more alarming than realizing that you can’t always have faith in your friends. In…
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Virtual School Is Bringing the Carceral State Into Students’ Homes
Last August, a Black seventh-grader in Colorado had the police called to his home for showing a toy gun to his virtual art class. His parents weren’t notified until the…
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Why I’m Lonelier at School Than I Was in Quarantine
When I got that fateful email from my university in March saying that we would be sent home immediately due to COVID-19, I cried. A lot. I was in a…
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A Love Letter to the Subway and the Simple Luxuries of Pre-Pandemic Life
Six months ago, the subway was just a way to get from one place to another. Hot and sticky in the summer, germy in the winter, and packed no matter…
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Baby Fever in the Dawn of the Apocalypse
I honestly can’t remember a time before I knew that I wanted to be a mother. Up until very recently, it was never even a question of whether I would…
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I Know You’re in Quarantine, So Why Are You Leaving Me on Read?
When facing deadlines or events, people with anxiety tend to cope by either over-preparing for every possible scenario or expertly procrastinating. I’m the type of person who will wait to…
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A Celebratory Mourning of Fashion (As We Know It)
Earlier in May, I read a Tweet that shook me to the absolute core: “my shoes probably think i died.” My jaw dropped as I imagined the still-packed suitcase of…
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