"Alice Isn’t Dead": Discovering a Love for Audio Fiction
For a long time, I didn’t like listening to podcasts, but I recently realized that I enjoy a particular type of podcast: the kind that...
Caroline Mao (Mt Holyoke ‘22)
Caroline Mao (Mt Holyoke ‘22)
She/her or they/them, class of 2022, Mount Holyoke prospective studio art and computer science major who enjoys reading and petting dogs.
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If You're a Disney Fan, You Need to Watch Studio Ghibli Movies
Disney and Studio Ghibli: the two studio loves of my life. That’s mostly because I have the taste of a six-year-old when it comes to movies...
An Evaluation of Three Personality Tests
Personality tests are essentially a way for people to obsess about themselves and what they’re like, which is what makes them so fun. They’...
What Matters in Your Creative Writing Practice & What Doesn't
I’ve been writing fiction since I was eight years old and poetry since I was thirteen, including various (and tragically incomplete) novels...
My Experience with Polyphasic Sleep
For one month of my junior year in high school, I attempted polyphasic sleep, which is a practice where instead of sleeping in one period...
How to Get Out of a Reading Slump
For the last few years, I’ve been in an on-again, off-again reading slump due to the increased responsibility associated with getting older...
Six Twitter Accounts That Post Cute Animals
Twitter, like a lot of social media, can be a stressful place to navigate. Scrolling through my timeline, I read about a lot of current...
The MoMA is Renovating to Include More Minority Artists
Content warning: brief mention of sexual assault. New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, or more colloquially called the MoMA, is closing up...
The Journey of Raising My Dog
I didn’t get a dog at a pet store or an adoption shelter, even though I begged my parents for one for years. Eun Mi—or “beauty and grace”...
Advice on Surviving and Succeeding in a Long-Distance Relationship
Above is a picture of me and my boyfriend, Chansol. I’d just met my boyfriend’s family for the first time, and I was staying with them for...
How to Handle Waiting for Season 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Spoilers ahead! As I wait for the sixth and final season of the beloved American police television sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine —returning...
Book Review: "Useless Magic" by Florence Welch
9/10 stars Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry , a book published in July 2018, combines two of my favorite things: poetry and Florence Welch...
Studyblr: The Aestheticization of Studying
Aestheticize, v. to depict as being pleasing or artistically beautiful; represent in an idealized or refined manner . Motivational quotes...
Four Cute & Relaxing Mobile Games
I’m absolutely terrible at games. I need walkthroughs to get through a 10-minute point-and-click. I don’t play anything with any action,...
How My Trip to Boston's Chinatown Reminded Me of Home
Whenever anyone has asked me this year whether I was homesick, I replied that the only things I missed were my boyfriend and my dog. It’s...
The Story Behind Iconic Cute Cartoon Animals
I love all things cute. I have more stuffed animals in my bedroom back home than any eighteen-year-old probably should. The only pad of...
The Importance of the Novel The Hate U Give
The content below is spoiler-free. Angie Thomas’s YA novel The Hate U Give has been recently adapted into a critically-acclaimed film, and...
Five Paintings by Underrated Female Artists
Art history isn’t just for humanities nerds who spend too much time at museums (or WikiArt if you’re like me and you can’t travel that much...
In Celebration of Bi Visibility Day
Okay, I’m late. Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day, was on September 23rd. But do you ever need an excuse to celebrate being...
Poems and Prose for This Autumn
As autumn approaches, the leaves change color, Starbucks starts rolling out whatever pumpkin-flavored concoction they’ve dreamed up and you...
