Imagine a woman sitting down in a therapy session with a blank piece of paper and a box of pastels infront of her. She hasn’t drawn anything since like the fifth grade and honestly tells her therapist she can’t even draw a straight line. Twenty minutes later the page is covered in these jagged red […]
Teenagers are often told to be careful online, but privacy is more than not posting embarrassing pictures. It is about understanding how attention, data, location, purchases, and friendships can become information collected by others. The difficult part is that young people are expected to live socially online. A student who avoids every platform may miss […]
The issue of youth unemployment has been around for decades, but in recent years, it feels like it’s taken on a new level of urgency. Everywhere you look—whether it’s in developed countries with strong economies or in developing nations trying to grow—young people are struggling to find jobs that match their skills, education, or even […]
Interpreter of Maladies: Superficiality of romanticism Like some of the other stories in Jhumpa Lihiri’s short story collections, “The Interpreter of Maladies” consists of themes that relate to miscommunication and ethnic differences, but this story’s main focus lies in the superficiality of romantic dynamics, as the two main characters find attraction in an unknown ideal […]
Americanah, and the Influence of Racial Diversity on Race Prevalence In the novel Americanah, the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie juxtaposes the the main character Ifemelu’s relationships to contrast the settings of Lagos and America, ultimately illustrating how racism, while prevalent everywhere, can be a greater factor for social-economic situation in countries with greater racial diversity […]
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