I skipped a day of uni because I wanted to binge watch Off-Campus. Somehow, for the first time since I stopped being a teenager, I could watch a high-school romance/drama without furrowed eyebrows and a crinkled forehead (a small win for the Botox budget). What I love most about shows...
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There are good days, and days when you want to rip your hair off your head. It feels like the universe is cornering you, putting you on the spot as you struggle to act like your usual self. It can be oddly smothering. Almost a romantic gesture delivered unexpectedly, like...
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I play this game. I keep trying to be a good girl. I’m not sure what makes someone a good girl – but I keep trying. To learn the game, I watch the women around me, placing invisible benchmarks on them, judging if they’re good girls. I watch how the...
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Leaving a relationship is one of the hardest things to do. If you’re an avoidant like I am, you’d just want to do it (over text) in a very poetic manner so as to cushion the impact and never have to respond to any further texts or calls and go...
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I swear to god, no one tears up like I do while watching Instagram reels about girlhood. My girlfriends are the reason I’m not dead in a ditch somewhere, and they’re also why I can somehow tolerate myself. Whether it’s the friend that goes through the same canon events at...
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I decided to leave a two-year, five-month, and seven-day relationship in 2024. I took the opportunity to focus on being on my own, to experience the lamplit glow of solitude that you only appreciate in the absence of the spotlights of romantic relationships. I hadn’t been single for over two...
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In 2024, President Claudia Sheinbaum was elected to office as the head of state of Mexico, the first female president of the country. To the people of Mexico, a country that is applauded for female representation across legislative bodies (approximately 50% in the Senate and 48% in the Chamber of...
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Halloween is the Met Gala of all holidays: cultured, ever-evolving, iconic, and fun. With Halloween-themed drinks, miniature pumpkin décor taking up shelf space at every grocery store, and Ann Summers putting cop costumes on sale, the coming of Halloween is inevitable. This is the season of Dolls Kill purchases and...
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I was notified of the release of Welcome Week party tickets a considerable time prior to hopping on my flight to the UK. I thought getting tickets early on was going to serve as a realignment to the energy of the Universe, as these purchases were swiftly followed by the...
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