December 2020 marked the end of one of the most unpredictable years to date. Just a month before marked the end of an iconic era of the beloved game show Jeopardy! Alex Trebek ended a difficult battle of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer that November, sparking both feelings of heartache and anxiety from the Jeopardy! community….
“Eat me? Alright, but goodness knows what this will do … ” Unlike Alice, I do know what it will do and I do not, in fact, have to listen to some random, disembodied command (read: social media, older generations, or European folks, or a cookie) to eat anything if I do not want to….
If there is one film that could easily define a generation, it is most definitely Shrek. First released in 2001, featuring a “big, stupid, ugly ogre,” Shrek parodies common tropes in Disney films and crafts a more realistic view on traditional fairy-tales that was uncommon for the film industry at the time. In terms of…
The concept of being “in between” has always fascinated me. One of my long-time favorite music albums is called Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair by La Dispute, drawing on the Chinese folktale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.” Despite the original story being written in Chinese, the language of…
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” is the first sentence I thought to myself as I landed in Boston for the first time. I thought I was being funny, seeing as I never owned a pet nor did I ever really think of Kansas as a home that I could click…
I never considered myself a political person. But recently, I realized that I was wrong. I believe there have been a series of radical moments in my life that led me to this realization. As a freshman in high school, I read about and witnessed the separation and deportation of families at the United States-Mexico…
Spring has always carried a sense of new beginnings for me, so I always look forward to it. My fondest memories of spring are not necessarily the big moments, though. It is the small changes that do not significantly alter my schedule or my habits that impact me most. The birds in the morning that…
March is a highly anticipated month in my family. The first of March marks the beginning of Women’s History Month and Mărțișor (Mer-tsee-shore) in Romania (and Moldova!). On March 1, people receive and give mărțișoare (mer-tsee-shu-ar-eh), a broach to be worn until the end of the month as a celebration of the upcoming spring. Closely…
