Operation Brightside: Navigating the Highs and Lows of Growing Up
Turn your grow-up into a glow-up with a positive state of mind!
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Review: Billie Eilish Documentary
After hearing rave reviews from our friends, this week we decided to watch The World’s A Little Blurry, a documentary on pop sensation...
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My Acne Journey: The Mental, Emotional, and Physical Side Effects
The highs and lows of my journey towards acceptance and self-love.
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Why Gilmore Girls is Still Enjoyable Two Decades Later
Gilmore Girls premiered on October 5th 2000, and it took off with sky-rocketing buzz that still continues today, 21 years later. You have...
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Why I Started Wearing Makeup
A short timeline of my relationship with makeup.
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Why Do We Watch Kid’s TV as Adults?
I don’t know about you, but I find myself watching children’s TV shows a little too often. Whether it's the newest drop on the Netflix Originals tab or a recommendation from a friend or family member, I always find my teen dramas and workplace comedies sprinkled with the refreshing breath that is a television show made for children half my age.
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Books You Read in Your Tweens That You Need to Reread
During quarantine, I’ve had a lot of extra time which I decided to dedicate to rereading all the books in my private library. Many of these...
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Book Recommendations For That In-Between Age
As someone who reads a lot of fiction, I know that when I was in middle and high school there were always an abundance of books to choose...
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A Personal Petition From a 17-Year-Old College Student
What do you do when you’re given the outlet to start exploring the world on your own, but you’re not an adult yet? I’ve been asking myself that question all semester.
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Apricotton: The Company That’s Changing the Tween Bra Game
Check out this amazing business by Western alumni!
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Need Study Music? Meet LoFi Study Mixes
Doing homework is a tricky situation. Environment is everything. Some people hate the library because it’s too quiet or always leave their...
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How To Know if You Are “Adulting” the Correct Way
Plot twist: There is no correct way.
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Why Euphoria is a Necessary Watch
As the teenage experience becomes more challenging than ever before, Euphoria attempts to portray the many new struggles this generation faces.
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Lessons That Took Me (Almost) 20 Years to Learn
My teenage years are (finally) almost over, and I feel a bit weird about it. Growing up, I always felt like I was the youngest in the room...
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We Need to Stop Romanticizing Toxic Relationships
Your dream boy should not be Christian Grey.
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Sex Ed Needs to Stop Preaching Abstinence
I don’t know about you, but the high school I went to preached abstinence in sex ed for four years.
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Dear Matignon: A Letter to My High School in the Time of the Coronavirus
Coronavirus doesn’t erase the good times.
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Angelina’s ‘80s Archive: "The Karate Kid Part II"
Surprise, surprise… a sequel gone wrong.
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Quaran-teen: How self-isolation helped me reflect on my past self
Quarantine has allocated a majority of my day towards introspection. Specifically, on who I was, who I have become, and who I want to be. I...
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The Impact of Music & Growing Up
I was scrolling through Tik Tok, (an app that I spend entirely too much time on according to my screen time), and I came across a video...
