Maybe it’s because my pile of self-help books have been growing, or maybe it’s because I’ve watched one too many shows about 20-somethings with amazing apartments (looking at you Friends, Girls and Gilmore Girls), but lately I’ve been thinking about getting my…
Photo cred Amelia Kramer Everyone can relate to that feeling of irrational disappointment when you are not immediately good at something. During one of those late-night, self-reflection moments recently, I realized that this is a pattern for me. If I’m not forced…
Featured image @debthecuban Yesterday my dad suggested I bring the cozy blue chair from my older brother’s room to my new apartment in August because “he’s not coming back.” Those words echoed until I sat at my desk, alone in my room,…
Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Year you graduated: 2017 Where did you go to school? Fordham University (the Bronx campus!) What did you study? Communications and Media Studies with a concentration in Journalism Briefly describe what your college experience was like: Definitely not…
Summer has well and truly arrived so why not pick up a fun summer romance to read by the pool as you soak up the sun. Of course there are hundreds of great books to choose from so where’s a poor girl…
Featured image by Dimi Boutselis It happens nearly every year. Around April, as end of the year projects, papers, and performances start coming to a close everyone starts to ask: So what comes next? This year, as the inevitable question came around…
“I bleed once a month, and sometimes when I shave I get little red bumps. I wear short skirts and sometimes long pants, and I can dress how I want, not looking for a show of hands,” Lydia Night sings in “A…
Transitioning is a big deal. It’s the start of a new beginning, a beginning in which the person transitioning will hopefully feel more at home in their body. It’s exciting, and it’s also scary. And not just for the person transitioning, but…
If I had a dollar for every time someone called me “brave” for publicly sharing my struggles with alcohol abuse and sobriety, I wouldn’t be driving around with a massive dent in the side of my car that I can’t afford to…
Featured image by Anna Thetard The summer after graduation is either a welcome break from a hectic senior year or a dreaded few months in which you plan to figure out your life. For me, it was a mixture of both extremes:…