look around [A&C]
By Katheryne Gonzalez , Tabitha Lynn , Joseph Maffa and Klara Davidson Schmich | December 6a promise unkept
a promise unkept
This summer, I started journaling more consistently, generating list after list to wrangle my otherwise incoherent jumble of thoughts鈥攆avorite songs of the month, all-nighters ranked from most-bad to sorta-fun, top five core memories, most transformative friendships. I lingered on the last one longer ...
There are not many things in this world that I, with time, cannot overcome. If it鈥檚 a homework assignment, I can escape the all-consuming mindset that one assignment will affect the trajectory of my career. If it鈥檚 a disagreement among friends, I can find ways to view multiple perspectives, finding ...
If there鈥檚 one thing to know about me, it鈥檚 that there are actually eleven (and counting): Paul Ryan, Frederick, Stacey-Maurice, Jerry, Bridgette, Gordo, Deena, Milo-Jordan, Billy Joel (a.k.a. Ol鈥 Bluegrass), Dickens, and Bixby. These little guys are my whole world, and they fit in the palms of ...
The table is set. A pristine tablecloth is laid鈥攐nly the faintest of creases as evidence of usual irrelevance, when it sits forgotten and folded in a tiny cabinet high up in the kitchen. Further decorating the table is a feast. A true cornucopia. Filled with meats, carbs, and vegetables. It鈥檚 a ...
Long ago, a girl with golden locks and cowboy boots beneath her princess dress declared: 鈥渢here鈥檚 more to life / than dating the boy on the football team.鈥 And so there was. The little girl went on to grant the gifts of a fairy godmother ($55 million in bonuses to her Eras Tour crew), make the ...
On my ninth birthday, my Grandpa Bill gifted me a copy of The Little Prince. I remember the cover with the blonde boy who stood amongst the stars, but I didn鈥檛 read the story until recently, when Bill sent a letter that reminded me of the image.
As you get older, you realize that giving gifts is much more satisfying than receiving them. Seeing your family's faces light up at the perfect gift is the best part of the holidays. However, it can be difficult to decide what to make or buy while considering their taste, what they already have, and ...
tw: body image, disordered eating/body image, some mention of gender dysphoria
Sometimes I feel like I鈥檓 running out of time with the people who love me. I watch the date change on my phone as 11:59 turns to midnight, wondering which day they鈥檒l decide that I鈥檓 not their type of person anymore. I think I鈥檝e found my people: they know me, they love me, and they make this ...
I imagine many of you have been hunkered down in your dorms throughout the neverending slew of midterms, surviving solely off of acerbic Ratty coffee and 1 a.m. Jo鈥檚 runs. But, if you鈥檝e had the time to peek your head out of your window and onto your respective quadrangle, I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e ...
My mother鈥檚 childhood was full of plants made into toys. The last time I was in Moscow鈥11 years ago now, the memories are growing rusty鈥攕he shared them with me, introducing me to the many plants that could become playthings, even in a big city. There were the 鈥渢ouch-me-not鈥 plants, 鈥渘edotroga,鈥 ...
Serendipity is not a feeling I鈥檇 expect to experience often, but somehow, I do. Songs, words, and people seemingly come into my life right when I need them most.
In one of my earliest memories I鈥檓 sitting on the lid of the toilet, wearing pajamas, a trash can between my feet. My mother is holding scissors as if she has just discovered what they are. She is a woman of many talents, but cutting hair is not one of them. Still, I let her try. Over and over, I ...
When it comes to shops around Providence, most of us know about restaurants, caf茅s, and thrift stores. But how many local bookstores have you been to? (The Brown Bookstore doesn鈥檛 count.) Here in PVD, there is an amazing selection of independent bookstores with unique themes and beautiful decor. ...
For anyone with access to the internet, especially any woman-identifying person in her teens, twenties, or thirties, 2023 will go down as an unforgettable amalgamation of transient 鈥済irl鈥 TikTok trends: girl dinner, girl's girls, for the girls, the girls who get it, girl math, even Gwen Stefani鈥檚 ...