Post- Magazine
here’s to peace—and those who get in the way of it [A&C]
By Sara Harley | March 12Palm to forehead, mouth agape, and wiping away my tears with a blanket, I have never had such a physically emotional response to a television show as the first time I watched Fleabag. The mini-series is a one-two punch: What begins as a comedy about the owner of a guinea pig cafe twists into a meditation ...
everything is everything [A&C]
By Ishan Khurana | March 12Fish don’t exist. It’s quite a simple concept, though I suppose I should elaborate.
home sweet home [feature]
By Francis Gonzalez | March 12“Do you wanna see his finger?” My friend reaches into his pocket to grab his phone, grinning like we’re talking about high school drama.
continue without storage? [lifestyle]
By Jedidiah Davis | March 12In the basement of my house are stacks of boxes full of my family’s precious photo albums. These cardboard treasure chests contain records that chronicle the histories of my parents, my siblings, and me, yet I’m not privy to them. They’ve remained sealed away, safe but untouched, for as long as ...
why do writers twist the knife? [feature]
By Nahye Lee | March 12In my Intro to Creative Nonfiction class, I wrote about my grandmother for my first piece. I wrote about her because she was dead, and nothing comes more naturally than remembering a person who no longer exists.
these walls remember [narrative]
By Jedidiah Davis | March 12Houses are living things. Maybe not quite as sentient as Encanto’s Casita or the literal living house in Monster House, but they have hearts—a pulse beating through the pipes, a unique personality built into the walls, memories ingrained in the foundation. There's credence to the saying, home is ...
which thayer street restaurant are you? [lifestyle]
By Daphne Cao | March 12In the midst of midterms, it’s always nice to take a break and hit up one of Thayer’s many beloved restaurants to unwind. Whether you’re looking for a boba break, a quick bite, or something more upscale, this street’s got you covered.
unrooted [narrative]
By Helen Xie | March 12I stand in the kitchen of my off-campus apartment, staring at the lumpy sack of Japanese sweet potatoes on the counter. The shape is wrong. They are smaller than the ones Mom buys from the Asian Food Markets back home, their skin covered in little scabs as if they’ve made a hard journey to get here. ...
in the glow of the screen [narrative]
By Elijah Puente, Katheryne Gonzalez, Jessica Lee, Tabitha Lynn, Emilie Guan and Susanne Kowalska | March 5let’s go to the movies
it’s all over the place! [A&C]
By Ozzy Wagenseil | March 5“1…2…1, 2, 3, 4!” All at once, the messiest, most disorganized, most insane group of rock ‘n’ roll legends come together for an iconic cover of a Beatles classic.
battle of the pre-teens [A&C]
By Ann Gray Golpira | March 5There's truly one thing in the world that frustrates me more than the current state of American politics: Roblox's viral multiplayer dress-up simulator, Dress to Impress. Whether during a particularly monotonous period of lecture or a restful moment of Mock Trial practice, I find myself consistently ...
make a wish & hang it up [lifestyle]
By Michelle Bi | March 5The vision board that hangs crookedly on my dorm wall has seen its fair share of wear and tear. Its corners are wrinkled from traveling cross-country in my backpack. A little too heavy for its tape, from time to time the vision board falls off the cinder blocks, and I wake up to it facedown on my windowsill. ...
east coast winter [lifestyle]
By Reina Jo | March 5This winter is the first I have spent entirely on the East Coast. I come from the sunny beaches of Los Angeles, where 50-degree weather is enough for us to break out our warmest layers.
post- cards [narrative]
By Sarah Frank | March 5Imagine your text messages were for sale. Imagine a girl, much younger than the usual patron of an antique store, digging through a box of your most intimate correspondences. Imagine she buys them, takes them home, and tries to piece together what you might have been trying to say—who you might have ...
well-arranged [feature]
By Samira Lakhiani | March 5The road between Western and non-Western culture diverges at several points. Most notably, it splits at the core values of individualism and collectivism. Placing priority on the well-being of oneself as opposed to the well-being of a family or community shapes fundamental societal structures and traditions. ...