I have been on trial since the day I was born. In every social, academic, or professional environment I have participated in, the shade...
Storytelling
I think I can speak for many when I say the past year has been rough. Online school, mass amounts of deadlines, and fat...
How Detective Stories Have Changed my Life?
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I opened my first ever mystery novel at the age of 12. The pocketbook version of The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan...
“Wow, your family must be loaded.” I stood frozen in complete surprise after hearing this reply. I had just introduced myself to the girl...
Strolling down crumbling cobblestones, sipping on Aperol Spritzes, and admiring ancient fresco paintings have long been staples of a classic Roman holiday. Every year,...
Occupation Is Oppression
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TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, WAR, VIOLENCE We once lived in these streets, in these houses. Now we walk displaced and forgotten, forced...
When I was eight years old, I fell in love. It was not the typical kind of love confessed on the school playground, where...
First Year at University: What I Learned?
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I was expected to graduate from my high school with a competitive average, quite a few leadership positions at a variety of student associations,...
Is Beauty the Real Oppressor?
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Beauty has become a tyrant, oppressing women and girls from infancy to old age. Beauty dictates how we feel about ourselves and how others...
“Oh my god, do you see her hair? It is like her roots got in a fight with her split ends and they both...
Why Are Women Expected to Shave Their Body?
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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....
How Tutoring Gave Me an Unexpected Surprise?
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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...
We live in a globalized and consumer society. When I was a child, I remember that my family would get apples from a nearby...
WHEN WERE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FIRST USED AND WHAT ARE THEY? One of the deadliest and most consequential days humanity has ever seen was when...
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...
I was seventeen when I began my first year of university, a symptom of having a late November birthday. I was the type of...
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...
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...
Appearances are important. Although the media tends to promote the notion of ‘development of inner beauty,’ presenting oneself the best that you can both...
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...
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;...
“When I was in high school, whenever a male student in my class got the highest score on a math or science test, everyone...