Archives - Sunahra Tanvir
Barbenheimer
Thank you Barbenheimer
I was delighted when we exited the theater for “Oppenheimer” and nearly the entire crowd walked straight towards “Barbie.”
Community
Rochester is not a dying city
A city cannot be dying if there are so many people who are pumping it with life.
prize
Rochester student wins main event prize at Stanford hackathon
Sid and his team created a bot that could be reached via Twitter DMs to nearby resources that help women suffering from domestic violence.
dating today
How to lose faith in men in 10 dates
I’m pretty proud of myself for finding a partner that my friends met and didn’t immediately go, “Really? Him?”
Admissions
Commuting, the death of me
As a Rochester native, I wanted to get as far away from here as possible. I wanted to leave everything and everyone behind.
family
Dear mom and dad: love is not enough
I need my parents to like me. I think everyone does. For so long, because they did not like me, I did not like myself.
Mental Health
Scars, romance, and the minds of youth
I was a Tumblr tween. And unfortunately, I was one of the many, many children who fell victim to the aestheticization of self-harm.
Games and Quizzes
Quiz: Should you chop your hair off?
Has your mother hung up on you in the middle of you saying "I love you?"
friends
The cost of kindness
It is so much easier to be nice when you are rich because you have so much less to lose. Poverty creates need, and need creates desperation.
camila mendes
‘Do Revenge’: an homage to the enraged teenage girl
Both female leads of "Do Revenge" were rage-filled, unhinged young women. And I loved them for that. Finally, I saw myself on screen.