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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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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Relationships December 14, 2019
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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment November 30, 2019
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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Friendship November 23, 2019
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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle November 16, 2019
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    Notebooks lie at the perfect intersection of “productive” and “aesthetic.” So many of them have gorgeous covers, and I’m particularly fond...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle October 26, 2019
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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle October 19, 2019
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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Relationships October 12, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle September 28, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Style September 22, 2019
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    "Alice Isn’t Dead": Discovering a Love for Audio Fiction

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    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment April 22, 2019
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    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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment April 19, 2019
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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’...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment April 11, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle April 2, 2019
  • 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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Lifestyle March 28, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment March 26, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment February 27, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • News February 20, 2019
  • 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”...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Friendship February 12, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Relationships February 2, 2019
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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...

    By Caroline Mao • Mt Holyoke Contributor • Entertainment December 12, 2018
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