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The Body Inside My Head

Lately, I find myself paralyzed by the realization that you can look in the mirror, recognize your person standing before you, but not actually see your body as it is. A mirror is a piece of glass, buffed until it reflects everything your mind is capable of seeing through a…

Body Image

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The Body Inside My Head
The Body Inside My Head
Body Image

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Aug 23, 2022

Give me my life back. Cancel student debt.

I used to love thinking about the future. The future used to feel like fresh air. Like wide open fields, dotted with wildflowers. Like fireworks at the end of a perfect summer night. To think about the future was to feel limitless, to imagine the life I wanted rising up…

Politics

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Give me my life back. Cancel student debt.
Give me my life back. Cancel student debt.
Politics

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May 21, 2021

The Shame of Being Poor in Grad School

It’s a beautiful May afternoon. I’m fresh off a grueling week of final exams and last-minute efforts to round out my second year of law school. On Instagram, my friends and classmates are enjoying the sunshine, sipping brunch cocktails and taking panorama photographs of the sunsets dipping behind the water…

Politics

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The Shame of Being Poor in Grad School
The Shame of Being Poor in Grad School
Politics

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May 25, 2020

Are We All Responsible for the Death of Hana Kimura?

TW: Suicide, self-harm, mental illness I was up late on Friday night, struggling to fall asleep in the sticky heat of my childhood bedroom. My mindless scrolling was stopped short when I saw a photograph of a familiar, smiling face and the caption “please don’t let this be true.” …

Mental Health

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Are We All Responsible for the Death of Hana Kimura?
Are We All Responsible for the Death of Hana Kimura?
Mental Health

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May 8, 2020

On reading “Know My Name” and studying the law of rape in the same week

For years, writer and artist Chanel Miller was known to the world only as “Emily Doe.” She was the faceless victim of Brock Turner, the Stanford prepstep who in 2015 was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault, yet ended up serving just three months in jail due to…

Books

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On reading “Know My Name” and studying the law of rape in the same week
On reading “Know My Name” and studying the law of rape in the same week
Books

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Apr 5, 2020

Animal Crossing is the Only Thing Keeping Me Sane

The past week hasn’t been the easiest. After nearly a month in isolation, the positive effects of being homebound have started to wear off, leaving room for anxious thoughts and habits to take hold. Nevermind that the absence of an hour-long commute equates to enough time for eight full hours…

Coronavirus

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Animal Crossing is the Only Thing Keeping Me Sane
Animal Crossing is the Only Thing Keeping Me Sane
Coronavirus

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Feb 29, 2020

No Snow in New York

I don’t want to live in a world without sweaters. It’s February 24th, 2020 and the Mr. Softee ice cream trucks have already made their seasonal debut. When I emerged from the subway at 181st Street this afternoon, the truck’s jingle was afloat over the usual buzz of St. Nicholas…

Climate Change

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No Snow in New York
No Snow in New York
Climate Change

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Oct 15, 2019

The death of another young K-pop star reveals consequences of “perfect” industry

TW: This article contains discussion of suicide. Today, it was announced that Choi Jin-ri, known by the stage name “Sulli,” had taken her own life at the age of 25. I knew Sulli as a member of the Korean pop group f(x), a now-defunct quartet whose songs like “Four Walls”…

Music

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Suicide of 25 year-old K-pop star highlights pressures behind “perfect” industry
Suicide of 25 year-old K-pop star highlights pressures behind “perfect” industry
Music

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Sep 25, 2019

Why is the U.S. Left so reluctant to talk impeachment?

This afternoon, the United States House of Representatives, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, launched a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. In the hours since, I have broached the topic various friends and family (largely through feverish and emoji-laden text), curious for their thoughts and reactions. …

Politics

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Why is the U.S. Left so reluctant to talk impeachment?
Why is the U.S. Left so reluctant to talk impeachment?
Politics

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Aug 14, 2019

I am starting law school tomorrow. This is the one thing I hope to achieve.

Tomorrow is my first day of law school. The last two years of my life have been consumed with LSAT preparations, applications, sweaty-handed tours and interviews, scholarship negotiations, and long, tearful talks in the mirror as I questioned if the bubble of anxiety in my heart was going to be…

Law

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I am starting law school tomorrow. This is the one thing I hope to achieve.
I am starting law school tomorrow. This is the one thing I hope to achieve.
Law

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