Tracing My Thoughts Through My Mother
Have you ever asked your thoughts where they brought themselves from? I asked mine, and they said they came from somewhere called syllable...
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On College Apps and Comparing Journeys
College application season is a competitive, high-stakes process that looms large for many high-school seniors. Many students that now...
Captain Marvel Has Nothing to Prove to You
Walking into Captain Marvel, I had mixed expectations. On the one hand, I had high hopes as a Marvel fan and was especially excited to see...
What "The Bachelor" Taught Me About Women, Reality TV and Myself
Every Monday, from the beginning of January through March, I joined half the country in shamelessly tuning in to ABC’s “The Bachelor.”...
On GPA
When I first read Adam Grant’s December 8th opinion piece “What Straight-A Students Get Wrong” in the New York Times, I was upset. My whole...
It's Not Me, It's 'YOU'
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the TV show ‘You’ Last week, fueled at first by a desire to procrastinate on reading, and...
The Perfect Lizzo Song for Whatever Mood You're In
Unless you’re new to my Her Campus articles, you probably know that I harbor an endless supply of love for the Minneapolis-based singer,...
7 Ways I Broke Up With Heartbreak
I won’t lie. I’ve had a rough start to the year. From the stress of Rush Week (not the ideal experience for an anxious introvert) to boy...
10 Reasons Having a Roommate in the Winter is Way Better
After living in a single last year, I had my worries about spending my sophomore year with a roommate. Yes, she was one of my best friends...
Missing Out On Your Major
As most people who know me are probably aware, I’m a big fan of history. It’s not something I keep particularly secret, or even veiled: one...
Getting Older
Over Thanksgiving Break, I turned nineteen, and I spent the day driving through my hometown, searching for the small, mundane sights that...
5 Ways to Take Care of Yourself When Second Semester Drama Hits
It’s a couple of weeks into second semester, and we all know what that means: a renewed cycle of drama and stress. All the petty drama that...
How to Become Unathletic
May of 2018 marked the last month I would ever run competitively. My final race wasn’t particularly victorious or exciting. In fact, during...
What I Hate About Each Star Sign
LIBRA Libras will whine about something all day long without actually taking action to resolve their issues. They tend to be bitter and...
On the Notion of Siblings
Three years ago I moved away from my hometown, a place where my last name “Minor” was an identifier that meant basically the entire town...
Subscription Box Review: Simple Loose Leaf
Subscription boxes are all the rage. They come in every possible theme, delivering all the products you could think of to your doorstep...
5 Tips for Getting Back Atop Your... Work!
We’re at that low point in the semester: assignments have piled, finals and final projects loom, unfinished readings haunt your bookshelf,...
From Binging to Balance
For years, I’ve struggled to find a balance in fitness. I’ve tried long distance running, biking, yoga, and dance classes, to mention just...
Being Human
Trigger warning: this article discusses eating disorders and related thoughts and conditions. How do you turn away from something that has...
Five Years of Yoga
My first time trying yoga was not a happy experience. The team had just finished a gruesome forty minute run in the frigid, pouring rain,...
