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The Truth Is, It’s Okay to Put Romance First

Protecting Friendships While Starting A New Relationship By Samantha Rosenberg Graphic by Melissa Lemieux I am so over feeling guilty when I start a new relationship. It’s a feeling that comes when I first meet someone: I start to think about them, realize I like them and will want to talk to my friends about it. A lot . It’s a consuming feeling—part of me feels like I’m betraying my friends by liking someone else and wanting to spend so much time with them. The beginning of

Samantha Rosenberg

6 days ago2 min read

The Biggest Heartbreak

Why Platonic Break-Ups Hurt So Much More than Romantic By Isabella Hobbs Graphic by Rhiannon Li Heartbreak is a universal feeling depicted in many forms of media: movies, tv shows, books and songs. We witness the tearful, rainy break up scene while mourning over a tub of ice cream, fantasizing of what could have been, and all the stages of grief that follow. Many people have also experienced this pain in real life; the way it makes you question who you are anymore, how you’

Isabella Hobbs

Nov 72 min read

Longer Skirts, Tighter Economy

When Fear Starts Dressing Us By Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi Graphic by Catarina Koehler Forget Vogue; the stock market has always been fashion’s most accurate trend forecaster. When times get tough, hemlines fall, palettes mute and luxury goes quiet. Welcome to the return of recession chic, where conservatism isn’t just a political stance, it’s a look. In the 1920s, economist George Taylor came up with the “hemline index,” which is the idea that skirt lengths rise when the ec

Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi

Oct 303 min read

A Race To The Bins

Let’s remember who thrift stores are for. By Sophia Ong Photograph by Mia Bianco It’s difficult to be on social media and avoid the rapidly growing “thrift culture” being cultivated online. Influencers stand in their sleek Los Angeles apartments and show off their bags upon bags of thrift store finds, and their voiceovers detail journeys to the Goodwill bins where they describe these “insane finds.” Not only am I a consumer of this kind of content, but I’m also a consumer o

Sophia Ong

Oct 242 min read

Canada Goose: BU’s Unofficial Winter Uniform

Not sponsored — rather, questioning campus fashion. By Lheeya Jayasudha Mathivanan Photograph by Tsega Seleshi With summer slipping away and denim shorts getting buried in my closet, I knew Boston’s cold was creeping in. Out came the puffers and the UGGs, ready to dominate winter fashion. Comm Ave, after all, doubles as the campus runway, with each season debuting a new collection. The winter is no exception to this, and there is one jacket that dominates the BU show: the C

Lheeya Jayasudha Mathivanan

Oct 162 min read

The “Nepo Baby” Obsession: A Mirror of Our Desires

How nepo-babies are a window into all the things we want but can’t have. By Sofia Galarneau Image by Diya Kapoor From Romy Mars to Hailey...

Sofia Galarneau

Oct 102 min read

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