Julia Cameron’s book “The Artist’s Way” outlines a set of practices to help refresh the inner artist dormant within all of us. At one point, Cameron discusses the phenomena that some people don’t consider themselves to be creative because they have internalized criticism from those around them that has resulted in the construction of a creative block. The way […]
In the wake of Monday’s Valentine’s Day celebrations, as I start making plans to watch Sunday’s upcoming episode of “Euphoria,” I can’t stop thinking about the one thing that seems to be on everybody’s mind, all the time: sex. From Yik Yak to Tinder, students are using every platform at their disposal to secure their […]
Wesleyan University resumed in-person classes only three weeks ago. That means that there are still twelve weeks left in the semester, and I don’t know about you, but I’m already burnt out. Case in point: yesterday, I took two naps when I had been planning on doing work all day. I keep forgetting to turn […]
Last semester, I wrote about how COVID-19 restrictions prevented students from taking full advantage of the Drop/Add period. We could not always sit in on classes we were not yet enrolled in due to capacity limits in classrooms that were not up to the discretion of teachers. With no way to know what the class […]
Sometimes I start a sentence with “when I have kids” and then quickly change it to “if I have kids.” If I have kids, I will sign them up for ice skating lessons, piano lessons, and fencing lessons when they are toddlers so that they will never wish they started earlier. If I have kids, […]
Fashion is often predictable, or cyclical, in nature. As evident in modern fashion trends, what once was in style usually comes back around within a few decades. Young people, for example, have embraced the seventies—not only in terms of the music, the cigarettes, and the mullets—but in terms of stylistic silhouettes as well. It has become […]
With the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s announcement on Wednesday, Nov. 10 of the first reported flu-related death of the 2021-2022 season, it appears that influenza season has officially begun. While most Americans view the flu as just an inevitable bad cold, this year is an important reminder of how this is not […]
This week saw a soft blanket of winter engulf campus for the first time this semester. For some, the glistening snowfall like a million stars falling from the sky is a regular occurrence. For others, it’s a first-in-a-lifetime moment, or an opportunity for a moment of nostalgia. For Texans, it’s something else. My mother was raised […]
I have a confession to make: I am a proud Apple Music user (hold the slander please) and also a big fan of Spotify Wrapped. While Apple Music has its own version of Spotify’s iconic year-end presentation, Apple Music Replay, it pales in comparison and doesn’t incite the same anticipation as Spotify Wrapped. There is […]
Bushmeat is a term that refers to wild animal meat that is used for human consumption. In Africa and Asia, the hunting and handling of bushmeat, especially that of bats, monkeys, rats, snakes and other wild animals, is a very established practice. Indeed, the bushmeat industry is very important within this part of the world. […]