It’s Not You, Mount Holyoke, It’s Me
Dear Mount Holyoke, When we first met, I was like the rest of the freshmen at orientation: starry-eyed, terrified, and excited. Excited...
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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On Diane Nguyen in Season 6 of Bojack Horseman
Warning: this post contains spoilers for season 6 of BoJack Horseman! Netflix show BoJack Horseman, which recently began its sixth season,...
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We Needed the Viral Tweet Sharing A Template for Emotional Labor
On November 18, 2019, Melissa A. Fabello began a Twitter thread discussing a message from a friend of hers. The friend’s message read: “Do...
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The Five Best Pens to Carry
Studying is rarely fun, but one way to make it more tolerable is entertain yourself with your beautiful, colorful notes—and one way to...
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Why You Should Carry a Notebook, & Ideas for Filling It Up
Notebooks lie at the perfect intersection of “productive” and “aesthetic.” So many of them have gorgeous covers, and I’m particularly fond...
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How to Get a Cat to Like You
It seems like a silly topic, but every cat lover probably worries about how to get a cat to like them at some point. Cats are often moody...
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Ways to Celebrate Your Long Distance Relationship
Last year, I wrote about my long distance relationship in this article . Last week, I celebrated my year and a half anniversary with the...
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Reflections on A Summer of Living Independently
Last summer, I travelled to St. Louis, Missouri for a part-time internship at a literary magazine. Though both St. Louis and my literary...
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Tips On Dyeing Your Hair
I’ve been dyeing my hair for three years now in various combinations and shades of blue, pink, and purple. I started off by having an...
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"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...
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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”...
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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...
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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...
