Tag: culture
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When The News Makes You Sad
When I was in my early 20s, I took a current events class in college. I was already interested in news, but I found reading certain sections left me feeling extremely sad, angry or bored. Nevertheless, I persisted and tried to memorize the day’s news before the afternoon class and the habit continued. In 2017,…
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Why you should say “I’m sorry” less
I had trouble deciding what to write about this week since last week was so heavy. I’m glad I wrote that post but I regret not have a transition plan. You can’t exactly go from writing about death to writing about silly, irrational fears. My instinct was to apologize for not posting this Monday and thankfully…
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What it’s like when all your friends are on the internet
When you only communicate with most of your friends through the internet, you feel like what happened to Joaquin in Her is totally plausible. Your writing skills are impeccable and you can translate the hieroglyphics coined emojis like an expert. You think you’re more interesting because you can have long, thought out discussions but really…
Jessica Puente 