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On Being a Middle Child

I can’t even count how many times people confuse me for my younger sister. It doesn’t anger me, I understand that to the untrained eye it is really easy to get ... Read More

Terrorism is not the problem

With all of the nonsensical chatter surrounding Edward Snowden’s leaks of classified U.S. surveillance programs it’s easy to lose sight of the real significance... Read More

Fucking Anxiety and Meh Self Image

When I was on vacation in Barcelona, I wore shorts. That may seem like a regular, run-of-the-mill type situation (Shorts? In the summer? Groundbreaking.), but f... Read More

Life is too short

Life is too goddamn short. I know at this point that’s the most colloquial, overused phrase and you may want to smack me for using it, but I said it anyway bec... Read More

When Good Things Happen

Sometimes life sucks. Sometimes it seems like the world is against you and everyone hates you and WHY ME, MY LIFE IS SO AWFUL, THIS ISN’T FAIR, GET ME A BEER ST... Read More

THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.

In recent months, I have been introduced to a new plight – one which, on the surface, seems trivial and maybe, in lesser terms, a little bit stupid. People wh... Read More

And Then We Ate Cake…

After driving for twenty minutes, when it only should have taken me fifteen, to the house of the rains (I can’t use their real last names!). We were going to th... Read More

DREAM For a Better Future

On May 29, 2013, student and community groups are holding simultaneous actions to demand Governor Christie and the NJ State Legislature to pass state legislati... Read More

TEDxRutgers 2013

I hope you know about TED.com. If you do, then skip this paragraph. If you don’t, then take a few minutes or hours or, as interest demands, days to find out wha... Read More

Speak up & speak out

“I need you to treat me like a human being” Joyce said. She addressed the audience in front of her but the statement wasn’t meant for the crowded room of colleg... Read More