Our Stories

What we’ve lived, what we’ve felt, and what we’re still figuring out. From the challenging moments to personal breakthroughs, this is where we talk about the messy, confusing, yet meaningful parts of life. Hey, you might even see yourself reflected here too.

  • The Halloween Mansion Punk Show

    The Halloween Mansion Punk Show

    Have you ever entered a party so strange that you begin to question how you arrived? It’s as though you’ve stepped into a zone where time moves differently, where the things around you can only exist in that foggy moment you’ve entered. And once you leave you find yourself questioning whether the house or the…

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  • Increased Professor’s Union Involvement Sparks New Day For On-Campus Activism

    Increased Professor’s Union Involvement Sparks New Day For On-Campus Activism

    Around a year and a half after her arrest, graduate student Elaf Hasan and the coalition of students and faculty supporting her cause are still fighting to be heard by the administration.  American University has long boasted of its decades-long history of passionate student activism on social and political issues, ranging from the Vietnam War…

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  • Semiquincentennial Part 1

    In just a few short days, our proud and tired nation will be blowing out 250 candles. The U.S. will cut the cake for its Semiquincentennial, a word that is as real as it sounds fake. It works well as the title for this series, which will be as real as it feels fake. Inside…

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  • The Lesbian Era of Pop Culture

    The Lesbian Era of Pop Culture

    Lesbianism has been at the center of pop culture lately, and not in the demeaning ways I normally expect as a lesbian! To celebrate this era, here are some spectacularly sapphic moments that have been ingrained in my brain recently.   MUNA’s New Song, Dancing On The Wall The title track for MUNA’s first new album,…

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  • Wallowing Out of Time

    To wallow is to linger on what once was, and in college, there’s a lot worth lingering on…

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