“We’ll be a fine line We’ll be alright” I didn’t know that this would be my last blog post until this morning. On June 5th, I posted my first piece on here. I promised myself to always write something authentic, trying weekly to explore such incredibly important aspects of…
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Wellesley by The Montreals
“Maybe someday You’ll find your way back You’ll find your way back” At 11:30pm today, I tweeted: “Drop 10+ things you miss about Wellesley to be included in my blog post tonight!” I then texted a similar message to about 10 of my Wellesley friends. After getting over 20 responses in less than 10…
my future by Billie Eilish
“Cause I, I’m in love With my future Can’t wait to meet her And I, I’m in love But not with anybody else Just wanna get to know myself” If you know me at all (or if you read my first post on this blog!), you know that I surely do stan Billie Eilish.…
Letter to the Free by Common (feat. Bilal)
“Prison is a business, America’s the company Investing in injustice, fear and long suffering We staring in the face of hate again The same hate they say will make America great again” The following are excerpts from a paper I wrote last semester for my Women’s and Gender Studies course, WGST 221 Gender, Race…
Treat People With Kindness by Harry Styles
“And if we’re here long enough We’ll see it’s all for us And we’ll belong Maybe we can Find a place to feel good And we can treat people with kindness Find a place to feel good” As I started writing this post, I noticed that today’s date is July 17th (7/17). I…
BUTTERFLY EFFECT by Travis Scott
“For this life, I cannot change” In 1972, during the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Scientist Edward Norton Lorenz proposed a question: “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” Lorenz…
Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
“Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on ’til victory is won” I am the first generation of Americans in my family:…
Born Naked (feat. Clairy Browne) by Rupaul
“Who do you think you are? Who do you think you are? I’m telling the truth now We’re all born naked And the rest is drag” As today is the last Friday of June, I couldn’t let the month end without posting about why it’s one of my favorite months of the year– it’s…
Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) by Beyoncé
“Yeah, open our mind as we cast away oppression Yeah, open the streets and watch our beliefs And when they carve my name inside the concrete I pray it forever reads Freedom” When we talk about the Black experience in this country, we often talk about racism, violence, slavery, oppression, and discrimination. Unfortunately, what…
Night Changes by One Direction
“I’ve been thinking about it lately Does it ever drive you crazy, Just how fast the night changes?” Today is Friday, June 12th. Exactly three months ago, the entire Wellesley College community received an email from our President, Dr. Paula Johnson, officially announcing Wellesley’s decision to quickly evacuate our campus and move to remote…