Blog The Cool Girl Reads: Examining The Social Currency Of Books In 2022 LRR, May 26, 2022February 8, 2025 A recent phenomenon has taken social media by storm: That Girl, AKA the Cool Girl. So, the question is, what is she reading? Or, should we be reading it, too? Continue Reading
Does My Voice Need a Color? Platforms and Safe Spaces LRR, April 6, 2017February 8, 2025 Times have changed for those who voice their opinion to the public. The internet is readily available to everyone and it is waiting for us to post our thoughts—in one hundred and forty characters or less. It’s a privilege to have access to a platform through which we can assert… Continue Reading
“Most Friends Ever” by Linda Courtland (2009) LRR, February 7, 2016 “We’ve identified you as the person with the fewest friends on Facebook,” the email said. “But don’t worry, help is on the way.” It was high school all over again, and I was being cyber-bullied by a social networking site for not being one of the cool kids. I typed… Continue Reading
The Next Great Poet…Google? LRR, March 5, 2015February 8, 2025 As a student of English, anthropology and digital art at UConn, a writer, a millennial, and a human being, I have always been intrigued by the emergence of digital culture, and how we write about our culture, and how it in turn influences our writing. Last semester, I took a… Continue Reading