SHEA: On my knees
Supplication is an awkward thing. As looming deadlines keep me up all night and abruptly wake me up in the morning with panicked dreams, I’m painfully aware that in the next two weeks, I need to finalize the application to graduate school that will determine the next seven years of my life. Along with applications […]
RUTH: Wizard of Oz: Sea star edition
The scene begins with a young man, watching the shipwrecked sea stars splayed along miles of coastline. He notices an old man rapidly picking up the dying sea stars and tossing them back into the water. Confused, the young man asks him why he is participating in such a useless task. The old man replies […]
EDIT: What American holiday values?
In elementary school, American students learned about the bountiful feast shared between Native Americans and pilgrims to symbolize their new friendship and partnership to build the United States we know today. When we got older, we started to learn about the genocide and destruction of Native American cultures brought on by European imperialist ventures all […]
DEPIES: The Airplane Edition
I have made some of my best friends on airplanes. Our friendships have always been short, only lasting until the end of our shared flight, and I admittedly can’t remember most of their names. But I always remember my friends’ stories. There’s something about flying next to someone for hours on end that forges a […]
