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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
