How did you guys meet? Zoe Hopson: So we probably first met just within the CC crowd and then went to winter formal together first-year. Selorm Tamakloe: For the winter formal, people in Ben Franklin, my residential college, they set me up with her. And I actually guessed it was gonna be her. It was…
Puppy Love
My first “I love you” filled the air when I was sixteen in the cold basement of a new model suburban home. The air emanating from the concrete walls was chilly because it was near Christmas or just past. I can’t quite remember now. I do remember the flush, the warmth shooting out from my…
Liv Charis Fosters Self-Love Through Content Creation
In need of a little more self-love? Need a new channel to binge watch feel-good videos that are meticulously filmed? Check out Olivia Charis’ channel. Getting lost in the incessant pattern of self-comparison while scrolling through any online platform is alarmingly easy. With an eye for detail and flair for creativity, Charis reclaims social media…
Dear Self-Love Trainee
Dear Self-Love Trainee, I talked to my therapist the other day and she asked me if I loved myself. Of course the immediate high-pitched, winded answer that came out of me was “Yes, I do love myself.” Anything other than that would have garnered more probing questions than I think I was ready to answer….
Dead Girl Walking Home
Home wasn’t something that made me feel better or the solution to my problems. Being home was more akin to a CW premiere rather than the fun reunion episode of that lovely sitcom you watch in the family room. Driving through the downtown strip looking up at dozens of new developments, it seems like the…