Post- Magazine
the (seemingly) unreachable ghost stories [A&C]
By Ishan Khurana | October 2“…and once again she shuddered with the evidence that time was not passing, as she had just admitted, but that it was turning in a circle.”―Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
hands ready to catch [narrative]
By Helen Xie | October 2“Helen, you should call yéye more often.” My father says this one afternoon as he loads the dishwasher, in a tone so normal it’s as if it is an afterthought.
operation: against my worse judgment [lifestyle]
By Nina Lidar | September 25Tick tock, tick tock, make your bed, go to class, click-clack on the keyboard, dinner. Stop, take a breath. See a friend? Hug, catch up, chitchat, chat shit, shit, it’s late and I did no work, click-clack, click-clack click-clack click-clack—there’s laughter outside and I have to chase it!—and ...
change and choice as one [narrative]
By Gabrielle Yuan | September 25I find myself in an ebb and flow state of mind—wandering in and out of consciousness—one part of me here and one in my hometown. Feelings like this regularly shadow me throughout late summer, the seasons unraveling into one until every part of my routine is twisting and turning without reason to ...
sounds of the quiet green [narrative]
By Sarah Frank | September 25It’s quiet here. It’s too early for cicadas, but I swear I hear them. I hear them intermingling with three girls sharing the highlights of their weekends and the rush of engines on the roads nearby. A school bus, followed by a motorcycle, followed by a minivan. I hear their engines hum, pause, rev, ...
the rise and fall of the internet’s princess [A&C]
By Eliot Geer | September 25Is Chappell Roan unfit to be famous? Some think we are currently witnessing the downfall of 2024’s most beloved pop princess—an artist too fresh to the industry to be able to handle the pitfalls of mainstream success. To others, these controversies are just the expected bumps in the road paving ...
why do you wear so much eyeliner? [lifestyle]
By Indigo Mudbhary | September 25TW: sexual harassment
why do you wear so much eyeliner? [lifestyle]
By Indigo Mudbhary | September 25TW: sexual harassment
rewinding [feature]
By Sydney Pearson | September 25At the sand-colored strip mall near my elementary school, wedged between the dry cleaners and ice cream parlor, was my sister and I’s childhood playground. On long summer days or rainy afternoons, my mother would park beneath the dusty sycamores and walk us across the asphalt to the glass storefront. ...
those drawn to drawings [A&C]
By Ann Gray Golpira | September 25Like any true academic weapon on a Monday night, I found myself doom-scrolling through a multitude of questionable dances and Biden x Trump ship edits, mostly accompanied by Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go.” However, on this particular night, I stumbled across a corner of the internet that destroyed ...
she’s everywhere, she’s so julia [A&C]
By Sofie Zeruto | September 18If you did not know Charli xcx before, you certainly do now. Simply put, BRAT is everywhere. Literally. It’s a viral dance on TikTok. It’s an unlikely part of a major presidential campaign. It’s on CNN and Fox News. Your mom knows about it—maybe your grandma too. Your 13-year-old cousin is all ...
help! school is making me illiterate! [lifestyle]
By Emily Tom | September 18Being an English and Literary Arts concentrator makes up about 40 percent of my personality. But as soon as classes start, I suddenly forget how to read. Very rarely do I find the time or motivation to pick up a book for leisure.
i'm not sure why i'm crying [A&C]
By Eleanor Dushin | September 18TW: substance abuse