art and article by Shahad Salman When the pandemic started, isolation and quarantine suggested a state of disconnectedness. But my friends and I grew closer by asking obscure, open-ended questions that allowed us to construct realities of altered dimensions. We realized that your weirdest, most complex ideas could be points of relatability or interconnection. We … Continue reading
by Stephanie Tom Like most people who procrastinate, I enjoy taking Buzzfeed quizzes. I enjoy the brief moment of imagining other scenarios that I exist in—besides the one where I have yet to do my problem set for statistics. It’s a thrill of a pseudo-science—despite knowing perfectly well that these quizzes are arbitrary, compiled at … Continue reading
by Emma Eisler In high school, my flirtations are riddled with small lies: Of course I’m from San Francisco, not the suburbs; fake names and alter egos when my best friend and I sneak onto the college campus at night. A friend reveals to me that an acquaintance in our English class has developed a … Continue reading
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art and article by Havi Rojer A masked figure stands at the edge of a forest unlike any on earth. Instead of trees, giant fungi stretch towards the sky, folding and unfurling in strange, mesmerizing patterns. Glowing spores float gently around a young woman named Nausicaä, who carefully catches one in a glass vial. She … Continue reading
by Shahad Salman The human practice of adornment and accessorizing clearly showcases itself in the range of different masks people choose to wear. On a daily basis, I encounter a plethora of unique art and expressions in the masks of strangers. Picking out a mask to match with my outfit has become a new routine … Continue reading
by Mariana Meriles I think many of us spent our childhoods being taught social etiquette—you know, things like chewing with your mouth closed, giving a proper handshake, avoiding (and on my end, failing to avoid) crying in public, etc—but I feel like this pandemic has made most of that stuff obsolete and has introduced a … Continue reading
by Mariana Meriles I start my day with coffee. Black. And if anyone has ever told you that they genuinely enjoy the taste of black coffee, let me be the first to say: they’re lying. Or the coffee has burned off their taste buds. Still, I don’t think I’ve put any milk or sugar in … Continue reading
by Sofia Paredesart by Kait Feely “Make yourself look nice, put a little lipstick on!” You may have heard this phrase many times before. However, with the onslaught of COVID-19 and less and less people (hopefully) leaving the house, it seems as if there is no point in putting effort into one’s appearance. On the … Continue reading
