By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25 Editor-In-Chief The best American girl lives in a three-story house across the line that divides our towns in a city I used to try and call my own. She lives there with her brother he made varsity this year Her father is the best orthodontist for miles and their dog Marly…
October Monthly Horoscopes
It’s October! Happy Solar Return to all the Libras and Scorpios! Let’s see what’s in store for all the signs as the chill begins to bloom through the air. Mercury stations direct from its retrograde October 2nd, and the aftereffects will dissipate after the 16th. There is a full moon in Aries October 9th, and…
Riot Grrrl: Revolution or Exclusion?
By Gianna Campillo ’25 Managing Editor Chasing the nostalgia of the ‘90s, teenage girls nowadays have replaced zines with digital mood boards. Their pinterest boards overflow with collages portraying female punk rock icons clipped to pink pages with colorful stickers and feminist adages. The inspiration? The feminist punk subcultural movement “Riot Grrrl.”. Looking beyond the…
Falling into Fall: DOWN playlists
A collection of songs carefully curated by DOWN staff that set the tone for autumn.
sometimes i miss our frozen pizzas
The sun yawned past the flat dingy tops of the department stores. The deer hadn’t grazed in the cemetery fields opposite these shops since I rested in the gauzy dew of March. No questions asked, I was always here.