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 [...]
The days seems to last forever, Forever stuck in this dusty old room. Rooming with ghosts and imaginary friends, Friends who only talk to me and not you. You think I'm crazy, Crazy 'cause I'm losing my mind. Mind you I've been stuck inside, Inside this room. Room with absolutely nothing. Memories of hanging out [...]
Spirited away, I'm losing myself the pain in my chest keeps growing. Every twist and turn pull me deeper I'm sinking into the abyss. Darkness swirls around me the only thing in my heart is emptiness. I try to focus but my mind wanders alone in the vast wasteland of my consciousness I try, I [...]
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 [...]
Overthinking You begin to question what you did wrong. You begin to look back and blame yourself for why it ended. You tell yourself you’re not good enough, you’re not pretty or handsome enough, you’re just not enough. Then you begin to tell yourself that perhaps they never loved you. Putting on a Mask to [...]
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