How Charli’s Feeling Now
What I’ve gathered from my friends, acquaintances, and a vast number of Twitter users, is that quarantine has been a real detriment to...
Mikaela Dow (UCD ‘20)
Mikaela Dow (UCD ‘20)
Mikaela (or Mika, as most people know her) is currently a senior at UC Davis pursuing a degree in English. In her free time she enjoys writing horror stories, playing video games, and collecting crazy earrings.
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Asian Horror Films for Veterans and Newcomers
I’ll consume horror in just about any medium: film, fiction, games, video essays. I’ve gotten so comfortable in the genre that I’ll...
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Unsettling Japanese Novels for Horror Fans
Whenever horror novels are brought up, one tends to think of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, or Shirley Jackson. All are excellent writers,...
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Period Products That Give Back
Anyone who has to deal with getting their period knows the pain it brings each month — not only to your abdomen, but to your wallet as well...
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How to Manage the Move to Virtual Classes
The shift to online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult and stressful transition for everyone. Managing lectures,...
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Three Healthy Habits to Practice Daily
Self-care is a word that gets thrown around pretty carelessly (no pun intended) these days. People call a lot of things self-care:...
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The Most Fearsome Female Pirate You've Never Heard of
Pirates have become something so heavily fictionalized and stereotyped in popular culture that it’s easy to forget pirates were a very real...
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Black Authors Who Have Changed the YA Landscape
Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give The Hate U Give was Angie Thomas’s debut novel and is quite likely the most popular and well-known book on...
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Three Ways to Start Saving Money (That Actually Work!)
Whoever said, “easy come, easy go” clearly wasn’t talking about money, because it’s hard to get and ridiculously easy to lose. Swiping a...
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Make Your New Year Cruelty-Free
Two years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution — one I actually followed through on. After the year was up, it was no longer just a...
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Personal Growth in the Leading Women of Pop
2019 saw the release of several full-length albums from established women in the music industry. Not only did many of these albums receive...
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Staples for Your Closet, All Year Round
Having a well-curated closet is a powerful thing. I’m no celebrity stylist, but I still take time to make sure my outfits are put together...
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A K-Pop Star’s Death and the Public Policing of Women
Warning : This article addresses suicide. Please refrain from reading if this subject is triggering for you. If you need someone to talk to...
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Asian American Authors in YA - Where We Are and Where We're Going
In a genre that has been largely dominated by white authors, people of color and LGBTQ+ writers are just recently making waves in young...
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I Interned in Washington, D.C., and You Should Too
Over the summer, I had the incredible opportunity to live and work in Washington, D.C. through the UC Davis Washington Program. During my...
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It’s Time to Start Saying No
When I was in middle school, I got a nice big patch of dry skin on my face. I made my mom drive me to the nearest Ulta so I could get...
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5 Female Artists to Keep Your Eyes (and Ears) On
I’m living for the girl power going on in music right now. Some of this decade’s biggest artists have been women, from Beyoncé to Ariana...
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Internet Meme Culture and the Tragedy of Tibet
Believe it or not, the word meme was coined all the way back in 1976, and since then, they have pervaded every corner of the internet. I...
