Fine Line by Harry Styles
âWeâll be a fine line Weâll be alrightâ Â Â Â Â Â I didnât know that this would be my last blog post until this morning. Â Â Â Â Â 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…
Wellesley by The Montreals
âMaybe someday You’ll find your way back You’ll find your way backâ Â Â Â Â Â At 11:30pm today, I tweeted: âDrop 10+ things you miss about Wellesley to be included in my blog post tonight!â 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
âCause I, Iâm in love With my future Canât wait to meet her And I, Iâm in love But not with anybody else Just wanna get to know myselfâ Â Â Â Â Â 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)
âPrison 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 againâ Â Â Â Â Â The following are excerpts from a paper I wrote last semester for my Womenâs 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 goodâ Â Â Â Â Â As I started writing this post, I noticed that todayâs date is July 17th (7/17). I…
BUTTERFLY EFFECT by Travis Scott
âFor this life, I cannot changeâ Â Â Â Â Â In 1972, during the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Scientist Edward Norton Lorenz proposed a question:Â Â Â Â Â Â âDoes the flap of a butterflyâs wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?â Â Â Â Â Â Lorenz…
Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
âSing 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 wonâ Â Â Â Â Â I am the first generation of Americans in my family:…
Born Naked (feat. Clairy Browne) by Rupaul
âWho 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 dragâ Â Â Â Â Â As today is the last Friday of June, I couldnât let the month end without posting about why itâs one of my favorite months of the year– itâs…
Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) by Beyoncé
âYeah, 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 Freedomâ Â Â Â Â Â When we talk about the Black experience in this country, we often talk about racism, violence, slavery, oppression, and discrimination. Unfortunately, what…