Written by: Elijah Polance Even though summer is a ways off, lately I’ve been thinking about the summer reading I was required to do in high school for English classes. What was the bane of existence for some was enjoyable for me, and I didn’t mind adding the few extra…
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Why Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” Still Stands To This Day
Written by: Edwige Edouard As we enter Women’s History Month, there is a surplus of women who we can celebrate that continue to push boundaries. We can talk about the women who have impacted the music industry by using their platform as a way to uplift listeners around the world,…
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What Working in the Dunkin’ Drive-Thru Taught Me About Writing and My Humanities Degree
Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro For those that don’t live in New England or more broadly the East Coast, Dunkin’, or formerly Dunkin’ Donuts, is a chain coffee and breakfast fast-food restaurant. To help fund my college career, I’ve been working at the establishment during school breaks. Like any other person…
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The Best Take on the Cinderella Trope Since Cinderella Herself: A Bridgerton Season 4 Review
Written by: Zoe Yoo I can’t count how many times the story of the girl in the glass slipper has been told, retold, and then retold yet again. You know the one with the Evil Stepmother, Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming, etc., etc., etc. It’s a tale as old as time,…
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The Value of the Dark Academia Genre
Written by: Kaitlin Anderson I recently took a course which focused on an increasingly popular — and controversial — literary subgenre: dark academia. Originally an aesthetic popularized on Tumblr, dark academia gained wider recognition as it swept through social media and bookstores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lists of books said…
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The Joys of Reading with a Friend
Written by: Jenna Ulizio I miss book clubs. Sure, I could just join one. But that’s kind of scary. Who else is going to be there? Besides, I’m so busy, it’s hard for me to make the meetings. There are always English discussions, but those can be hit or miss. You know what else I miss? My best friend. He’s back home, and while we still call…
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Why You Should Listen to Audio Fiction (And No, I’m Not Talking About Audiobooks)
Written by: Jenna Ulizio I have a confession to make: I was a teenage YouTuber. In my latter high school years, in the post-lockdown haze of life, a friend and I launched a film and media channel. I snuck in some videos about books, of course. Every week, we’d watch and discuss a new movie…
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Is Children’s Literature the Most Important Kind?
Written by: Kiara Korten Children’s literature is often treated like a soft introduction to “real reading,” a warm‑up before kids graduate to the serious stuff. But anyone who has ever watched a child fall headfirst into a story, eyes wide, breath held, imagination sparking, knows that children’s books are not a prelude; they’re a foundation. In…
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Keeping Your Creativity Alive in a STEM World
Written by: Nabeeha Nafey If you’re anything like me, then you too must find yourself ever-oscillating between the distinct worlds of STEM and then the eclectic one of imagination. The former is full of gears in machines that turn that help us automate, theories rooted in science that make modern…
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The Queerbait of the Century
Written by: Zoe Yoo You had to have been living under a rock for the past decade if you haven’t heard of Stranger Things, the supernatural Netflix show that flipped the world Upside Down. Throughout its nearly ten-year runtime, the show has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans dedicated to the…