I don’t care to celebrate the day of my own birthday. Six months ago, my initial plans were carelessly cancelled so I went to dinner with a few coworkers, who were unaware of the occasion until I conceded at the very last minute. Five and a half years ago, I experienced a panic attack while my college boyfriend at the time settled into a video game for the night. Admittedly these were extreme cases–I am...

Perhaps one of the most revolutionary movements in the history of music was the emergence of indie. One might think of indie as a single genre – but it is really a collection of genres that fall under the same umbrella. Indie music started in the 1970s as a counterculture movement in both the US and UK, where many musicians started to question the bureaucracy and loopholes associated with big record labels such as Warner...

Demonstrating and practicing confidence is a seemingly tall order with the proliferation of great successes algorithmically presented to us on a daily basis. Achievements are celebrated but failed iterations are footnotes. Unsurprisingly, lacking confidence, or lacking trust (from the Latin root fidere) in oneself has sowed the seeds of imposter syndrome, inferiority complex, insecurity, and self-doubt in our culture. Each enterprise the hesitant self is excessively deluded to lose faith, further fueling this divination. Women...

I have secured my place in this beautiful wasteland

Unphased by the passing of time, I wait for answers under the shade of the sun

Limited but limitless in my attempt

To understand what it means to exist

In a place that holds little life

Always clear nights to gather wisdom from the stars

So those who eat my flesh go mad with my secrets

A piece of me may be lost

But...

Yesterday, I was inspired by Carli’s charming composition on the changing of the seasons. Our planet’s 23.5 degree tilt to our resplendent, life-giving star sustains the waxing and waning of its incident energy and warmth. As terrains defrost, the flowers bloom and bears ambrosia to the rest of nature, harmoniously intertwining the cycle of life and its blessings with its arrival. But how long until springtime is no longer a prolific metaphor for new...

While I waited for my bus home the other day I was watching a bunny carelessly hop around in the grass, and it dawned on me that Spring was approaching. Animals and birds are out, blooms start to appear on the trees, and the people around you seem generally happier. It’s that time of year in between the Winter and Spring seasons where you start to notice these signs of life again, and with it,...

Although only one week of Women’s History month remains, we should perpetually practice gratitude for the women that shape and influence the world as we know it and leave a positive impact on our lives. These are the survivors of prejuduice, forced to take on subservient roles and debilitated identities across all nations by the opposite sex and even amongst their ranks. A manifold of attempts to unite for equality by visionaries, liberators, and educators...

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Banff Mountain Film Festival, showcasing a handful of films with themes centered around adventure, social justice, environmentalism, creativity, and the human experience as a whole. This two-night festival is an immersive experience that allows me to connect with myself and my community, and gives me a space to gather inspiration. The organizers of this festival take great care in showing a diversity of films:...

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“With a piece of bread in your hand you’ll find paradise under a palm tree.” -Russian Proverb

Bread is one of my favorite foods. It’s so simple, so versatile. At its purest form it consists of just two ingredients: flour and water. Its history, however, is as complex as it gets. The history of bread dates back to the Epipaleolithic time, which occurred around 14,000 years ago. For a very...

Since one of the greatest inventions of humanity, the printing press, the circulation of books has cultivated the transfer of knowledge over centuries. They nurtured and brought forth many major revolutions such as The Renaissance, prompted the overthrowing of tyrannical rulers and governments, and continuously allows us to build on the truths and ideas of those that came before us. The power of books is incredibly remarkable, for fragments of history have echoed Ray...

”The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophe.” -Albert Einstein

In order for a new technology to realize long-term success, especially on a global scale, society must first be willing to accept it with open arms. However, this acceptance does not happen overnight. The first questions that you might ask when being introduced to a new technology...