Do you ever look in the mirror and frown at all the things you are unsatisfied with? You question, why don’t I look like her? Why do I look fat, too skinny, too small, too tall? That I’m not as attractive as those Instagram models? It’s okay to feel ugly; everyone gets insecure. Many of [...]
Do you ever look in the mirror and frown at all the things you are unsatisfied with? You question, why don’t I look like her? Why do I look fat, too skinny, too small, too tall? That I’m not as attractive as those Instagram models? It’s okay to feel ugly; everyone gets insecure. Many of [...]
Tell me what happened between you two. Tell me what she did to you. These wounds that are healing, or that I have reopened. Tell me, what did she do to have left you in pieces more than two. Why do you shut down? Why does your warmth freeze to ice? Why do eyes turn [...]
Throughout the pandemic, I started noticing something disturbing: my screen time was skyrocketing. Instead of taking notes dutifully as I used to during lectures, I found myself reaching for my phone, to go and scroll through Instagram and Reddit, while the professor’s voice lulled through international regulation. I was spending hours mindlessly watching YouTube videos, [...]
Words are powerful. A single word can lead to inspiration or violent actions. We’ve all heard of the phrase “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. A dream where we all are united, where we come together as a community regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, etc. A place where we don’t have to [...]
If there has been one phrase that’s stuck with me throughout the pandemic, it’s this: America is full of cultural orphans. I never could place the proper label on myself as the daughter of an Iranian immigrant, a daughter incapable of replicating the basic vowels and sounds of her mother tongue. As many of my [...]
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