In the final unit of my Contemporary Political Theory course at LSE, we discussed modern theories of addressing climate change. Some of the essential questions were: how do we decide who ought to ‘bear the burden’ of addressing climate change? How do we balance the historical accumulation of emissions with the impacts of the highest […]

My friend Emma and I were eating lunch together at a ramen restaurant in Holborn when we got on the topic of spirituality. She and I both enjoy reading tarot and thinking about our connection to the earth in terms beyond the simple extractive relationship we engage in day-to-day. She expressed to me that since […]

We’ve reached the point of the season in London when sunny days seem to nearly equal dreary ones. The last few days have been a bit windy and dark, but the last week or so has been flecked with brighter and warmer weather. Yesterday, my dear friend Alex (who I went to Edinburgh with!) and […]

From Tuesday to Friday of this past week, I travelled with my dear friend Alex to Edinburgh, Scotland! I knew I wanted to take the train rather than fly to Edinburgh (even though flying is surprisingly a lot less expensive!), because I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to see the English countryside on […]

If there’s one thing I’ve come to have truly mixed feelings about in London, it’s the climate. In autumn, London was quite temperate, though typically overcast, with only the occasional rainfall. I remember thinking to myself that people were exaggerating when they warned me about the weather; for the first few months of my time […]

I’m lucky enough to already have spent one semester in London, and to be entering a new period of connection this spring. I found some of my greatest friends in the few months I spent here in the fall, and I’m looking forward to fostering those bonds throughout the rest of my time here, and […]