Living Through COVID-19: One Year Later
Somehow, I’ve ended up in the exact same place, the exact same spot even, that I was this time last ...
Opinion
Calm, Campus, and Coffee: Finding Inner Peace at Wesleyan’s Cafes
I arrived on campus for the start of this academic year as a walking contradiction: When I first walked into ...
Zooming into the Future: Why Zoom Will Be a Useful Tool Post-Pandemic
Over a year ago, “Zoom” was nothing more than a 1970s kids’ show or a word we’d occasionally use to ...
Anti-Asian Racism is Not New—Stop Pretending Like It Is
I laughed when I saw Joe Biden’s speech on CNN, when he addressed the recent rise of anti-Asian hate crimes within the ...
Why I Chose To Defer My College Experience to Spring 2021
“So what are you going to do, man?” It was July. I was standing in a neighbor’s garden, talking on ...
Manufactured Outrage and Mr. Potato Head
CW: Mention of transphobic arguments and transphobic video. When you hear the term “manufactured outrage,” it calls forth an image ...
Being vs. Doing: Spirituality in Liberation
This Scholarly Personal Narrative operates under the idea that individual liberation, guided by the growth of a critical consciousness, can ...
Luxury and Isolation: Quarantining at the Middletown Inn
You know those mornings when you wake up early and know that the day is going to be productive? That’s ...
The Rise of Reddit: Memes, Markets and Mockery
Before I met my boyfriend last year, I had close to no knowledge of Reddit. The social news aggregator (a ...
D.C. Statehood is More Likely Now Than Ever, and You Can Help
For many Wesleyan students, Washington D.C. is just a place that they visit on their 8th-grade trip, or the backdrop ...