Opinions

Confessions from a Workday enjoyer

Workday is my sport and I am winning so goddamn hard.

When it starts to smell like home

Yet, in random moments, when a smell catches me off guard with the memories it brings, I like to believe the things I feel then are things people feel when they are home.

The village on the other side of the Pacific

It is a dream to let the love rooted in my heart, from the people I cherish and the land I belong to, grow prosperously. 

The best routine is the one you stick to

But even as we run from our past selves, we fall short once we realize the finish line is beyond years away, and our rushed pace is nothing but a one-way ticket to burnout.

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2023

The prevalence and fatal implications of eating disorders warrant more than just seven days of acknowledgement.

Notes by Nadia: The problem with age gaps

When I see a younger woman with an older man, it concerns me. Women are constantly preyed upon and assaulted by men — especially older men.

In defense of conscious consumption

We can choose to minimize our direct participation in exploitation when we can feasibly do so — we are not, and will never be, utterly powerless in the face of injustice.

Notes by Nadia: Controversial food takes

Everyone has those strange combinations or unpopular foods that they enjoy. I compiled a list of ten of my own controversial food takes.

Why are you in college?

What if we don’t need college at all? What if we do? Let’s explore a bit.

Don’t make art because you’re an artist; make art because you’re a human

We don’t participate in art to make something good — we participate in art to make something human.