As an 18-year-old growing up in a digital climate infested with Instagram models, beauty gurus, and airbrushed commercials, I spent a significant amount of my...
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Time management is extremely important to me as a university student. I am constantly on the lookout for ways that can improve the efficiency of...
Growing up, I was always told what my pronouns were; they were not something that I was able to choose. I never understood that there...
The Booking When the news came about the COVID vaccine being made available to the general public in Canada, I felt ecstatic and worried at...
I cannot recall exactly when this happened, but in the last 5 years, the StudyTube community grew quite a bit. If you are not familiar...
I hate vaccines even though I am a grown woman with many tattoos. While I support vaccinations for the security of myself and others, I...
Raise your hand, if you love piercings as much as I do! Indeed, they have a hippie look about them that is attractive and aesthetic....
Relationships can be wonderful. They can be fulfilling, empowering, comfortable. Sometimes even if they aren’t wonderful, they still possess these qualities. It’s easy to feel...
Skincare products in the market are classified into thousands of items ranging from cleanser to toner to cream to serum to essence. There is so...
When I was little, I was told that the world favors people who are willing to try. “Take a chance, because you never know if...
It is a huge opportunity for me to live in a diverse community of people from different races living in one place, one country. It...
If you are a Harry Potter fan, you would be very familiar with the fan community’s love for Severus Snape. The long-lasting love Snape has...
As much as I love being an African-American, there are often many struggles I face in my everyday life. Most of which my friends are...
I have been on trial since the day I was born. In every social, academic, or professional environment I have participated in, the shade of...
I think I can speak for many when I say the past year has been rough. Online school, mass amounts of deadlines, and fat stacks...
I opened my first ever mystery novel at the age of 12. The pocketbook version of The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle–it...
“Wow, your family must be loaded.” I stood frozen in complete surprise after hearing this reply. I had just introduced myself to the girl sitting...
Strolling down crumbling cobblestones, sipping on Aperol Spritzes, and admiring ancient fresco paintings have long been staples of a classic Roman holiday. Every year, millions...
TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WAR, VIOLENCE We once lived in these streets, in these houses. Now we walk displaced and forgotten, forced to...
When I was eight years old, I fell in love. It was not the typical kind of love confessed on the school playground, where partners...
I was expected to graduate from my high school with a competitive average, quite a few leadership positions at a variety of student associations, and...
Beauty has become a tyrant, oppressing women and girls from infancy to old age. Beauty dictates how we feel about ourselves and how others think...
“Oh my god, do you see her hair? It is like her roots got in a fight with her split ends and they both lost.”...
I think it’s finally time for us to discuss my armpit hair: my name is Morgan, and I haven’t shaved my body since September. In...
When I was asked to be a tutor at my high school’s math tutoring centre, my gut told me to say no. Admittedly, saying that...
We live in a globalized and consumer society. When I was a child, I remember that my family would get apples from a nearby orchard,...
WHEN WERE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIRST USED AND WHAT ARE THEY? One of the deadliest and most consequential days humanity has ever seen was when nuclear...
I’m genuinely exhausted—I don’t really know where to begin in regards to this band and this article, but at this point I’m so far down...
I was seventeen when I began my first year of university, a symptom of having a late November birthday. I was the type of high...
Among Olivier, Gibson, and Lawrence’s film adaptations of the famous “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy in Hamlet, I find Lawrence Olivier’s version to...
Why pronouns are important? I’m from a country where there isn’t much variety, so London, where I studied, was a whole different thing for me....
Appearances are important. Although the media tends to promote the notion of ‘development of inner beauty,’ presenting oneself the best that you can both physically...
I spent the lion’s share of my child- and teenage-hood on a university campus in mainland China, where I grew up memorizing ancient poems dating...
When my teenage boyfriend first heard about my menstruation, he was curious. He asked me several questions: “I heard about this all-time in advertisements; what...
“When I was in high school, whenever a male student in my class got the highest score on a math or science test, everyone would...
Dear 2021 High School Graduates, First and foremost, I would like to applaud you for almost making it through this extraordinary year. This pandemic has...
A word called “mansplaining” doesn’t mean man explaining things; it refers explicitly to certain men lecturing women in a condescending attitude. Mansplain originates from a...
Book Summary–found from Britannica “The novel examines a futuristic society, called the World State, that revolves around science and efficiency. In this society, emotions and...
My best friend Sarah got a hot date on Saturday, it’s a cute European guy, and the two have arranged to go to Europe after...
Emotional abuse in intimate relationships can be seen everywhere. Many people think they are far away from the role of “abuser”, “I love him/her so...
Book Summary–found from Britannica “The novel examines a futuristic society, called the World State, that revolves around science and efficiency. In this society, emotions and individuality are...
My partner is a passionate cyclist. I remember him asking me if I liked his bike and cycling the first time we met. Of course,...
I’ve worked an array of jobs throughout my undergraduate degree to make ends meet. I worked at Walmart, Wendy’s, and Build-a-Bear, to name a few;...
Ah, gone are the days of shameless Hinge date hookups as the coronavirus continues to limit out social interaction – and ability to get laid....
Tom Sherbourne, a lighthouse keeper who recently returned from the frontlines of World War One, hopes to put all his heartbreaks and suffering behind him...
When organized crime took over the structure of Western society from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century, the role women had in it varied....
While reading Pride and Prejudice (P&P) in class, I noted a similarity between the culture of Regency/Georgian England to that of modern Arab culture. This similarity was regarding gender norms and purity culture that existed...
The taste of blood conquers the tongue of a Syrian mother as she clutches her son’s corpse as the bombing continues. His soul has begun its rapid odyssey away...
When we first immigrated to Canada, it took me a while to learn English. I kept confusing Arabic and English grammar. I would use Arabic...
TV Characters: They Play a Larger Role on Youngsters’ Lives than You’d Think Which TV character(s) have you tried to relate to as a child?...
