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OPINION
The Need to Look Older
Dressing Older Won’t Help Us Grow Up Any Faster By Samantha Rosenberg Photograph by Carina McCallum From blunt bobs to oversized wool coats, young adults are increasingly dressing older than they are. We as humans are biologically wired to seek control and authority, and one way to achieve this is dressing older than our age. I find this to be both completely valid and absolutely ridiculous. Somewhere between beginning college and building a LinkedIn profile, we’ve decided
Samantha Rosenberg
Apr 24
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The Need to Look Older
Dressing Older Won’t Help Us Grow Up Any Faster By Samantha Rosenberg Photograph by Carina McCallum From blunt bobs to oversized wool coats, young adults are increasingly dressing older than they are. We as humans are biologically wired to seek control and authority, and one way to achieve this is dressing older than our age. I find this to be both completely valid and absolutely ridiculous. Somewhere between beginning college and building a LinkedIn profile, we’ve decided
Samantha Rosenberg
Apr 242 min read
The Beauty of Having More Than One Best Friend
Despite what pop culture or social media tells you, having more than one best friend can actually make for a healthier, more balanced social life by Isabella Hobbs Photo by Serenidy Ryan Throughout middle school, high school, and even the first semester of college, I felt so much pressure to find my forever best friend—my future bridesmaid —just like all the TV shows I grew up watching had depicted. I saw Monica and Rachel, Blair and Serena, Summer and Marissa, and I drea
Isabella Hobbs
Apr 172 min read
We Need To Talk
(specifically about avoiding difficult conversations) Sophia Ong Photograph by Carina McCallum My least favorite trope in books is the “miscommunication trope.” You know–the one where an event or verbal exchange is taken one way by one character, another way by the other, and they sulk in secrecy for 70% of the story before finally having the Conversation That Fixes Everything. I’m left shaking at my Kindle, thinking: “Just talk to each other!” Frustratingly, the miscommunic
Sophia Ong
Apr 102 min read
The Death of the Hangout
Displacing places displaces people By Lheyaa Mathivanan Photograph by Serenidy Ryan Do you miss late-night dining? Well, so do I. I’m not talking about the food—though a greasy basket of fries hits different when you’re delusional from midterms. Late-night dining was one place at BU where you didn’t have to be anyone. You could just show up, grab food, sit with friends, and laugh about absolutely nothing. You could have a textbook open, but the productivity was optional
Lheeya Jayasudha Mathivanan
Apr 32 min read
“I want a romcom, not a horror movie”:
What people should want in a relationship. Sofia Galarneau Graphic by Charlie Tran One of my least favorite activities is to talk about romantic relationships with friends; the simple reason is that romance is dead, and it depresses me to talk about it. When I was younger, I would watch movies like “The Proposal” or “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and would picture my future relationships with my dream guy. He would make big public declarations of love, stare at me in awe j
Sofia Galarneau
Mar 272 min read
The Fear of Being Ordinary is Exhausting
In a culture that glorifies exceptionalism, being “normal” has quietly become a source of shame. Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi Graphic by Katie-Ann Small There’s a quiet panic that follows a lot of us around, not loud enough to name, but constant enough to shape everything we do. It’s the fear of being ordinary. Not failing, exactly. Not doing badly. Just blending in. Being average . Living a life that doesn’t stand out, doesn’t impress, doesn’t make anyone pause and say “wow.”
Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi
Mar 233 min read
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