I Started Watching Ghibli Movies and Now My Life Is Better
I have something kind of sad to admit: I did not grow up watching Ghibli movies. Hey, don't look at me like that. I didn't know that these...
Madeline Duvall (Pepperdine ‘21)
Madeline Duvall (Pepperdine ‘21)
Hey all! My name is Madeline Duvall, and I'm an English major and Art minor from Pepperdine University! I'm originally from Longview, Texas. I love to write, draw for my school's newspaper, listen to movie soundtracks and pretend I’m the main character, read, and watch animated movies! My art instagram is @latefordoodles and my real instagram is @lateforcakes.
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Finding a Balance: Comedy, Tragedy, and TV With My Sister
Ever since the second semester of school began, my college-age sister and I have been struggling to find something we can watch together...
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Reconnecting with Your Inner Child (No, Really)
If you're in college right now, you probably feel a lot of pressure to 'grow up.' Leaving adolescence behind can be very difficult to...
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Why Do We Hate Cinderella?
I: Once Upon a Time Magic slippers. A clock that strikes midnight. A pumpkin-carriage and ball with a prince, waiting just for her. A world...
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On Comfort Media
If you’re a person with any awareness of the chaos that was 2020, you’ve probably engaged in some form of comfort media in the last few...
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On Moving (and on Hope)
It's fifteen minutes later than my brother thought we’d be leaving when my little Forester finally pulls out of the driveway. He stands in...
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Look at the World, So Close and I'm Halfway to It
When my university announced that our campus would be closed for the semester, I, like many other students across the country, felt...
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Cottagecore and Quarantine: 3 Ways to Adopt The Aesthetic Into Your Busy Life
If you've scrolled anywhere near social media since lockdown began, you may have noticed that things are getting downright pastoral. The...
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Its Time to Disneybound
Let me preface this by saying: I go to Disneyland a lot . In a total self-care move last year, I saved my money up and bought myself a...
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A Open Letter To The Creative Girl In You
It’s time to stop getting in your own way. I know that can be hard. You’ve probably got a voice inside you that is mortified that you are...
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When the Grind Stops
I fully, with my whole heart, love school. I don’t think there’s an appropriate preamble to that that could possibly communicate how much...
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Great or Nothing: A Feminist Exploration of Little Women and The Rise Of Skywalker
“I want to be great, or nothing.” -Amy March, Little Women (2019) “You don’t just have power. You have his power.”-Kylo Ren, The Rise of...
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4 Hair Accessories That Make You Look Like You Have Your Life Together
It’s taken us almost 100 years to do it, but we’ve finally turned a corner in the fashion world, and the obsession with hair accessories is...
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5 Books I Read For School That Actually Changed My Life
Summer reading, daily assignments, book reports, class projects--whether it was for a freshman seminar or a middle school poster project, I...
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Star Wars
With the re-introduction of peppermint mochas, twinkle lights, brightly lit trees and Christmas music back into the fray, we can officially...
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Happiness Begins: A Night With the Jonas Brothers
I know them, you know them. Their high tenor voices and classic 2000s guitar riffs came filtered through your CD player, their curly haired...
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On Regressing to my Thirteen-Year-Old-Self
Like many upperclassmen, midterms are back in my life again with a vengeance. The constant essay writing, studying, project-finishing and...
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Netflix's The Politician: A Spoiler Free Review
“You don’t have to be a good person, as long as you do good things.” Image Courtesy of Netflix When Netflix launched The Politician at...
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Tackling Inktober as a College Student
As the first week of October begins, we’ve probably all got certain autumnal traditions in mind. Hayrides, picking apples, carving pumpkins...
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Post-Recruitment Recovery
Post-Recruitment Recovery Last week, I served as a Rho Gamma for my university’s Greek formal fall recruitment. It was an incredible...
