On the whole I felt moved by the Ted Talks of my classmates. I heard presentations about the evolution of sacrifice, the importance of creating equity for people with natural hair, and the damage done, and continuing to be done because of “stop and frisk”. I felt deeply moved by these topics and the comprehensiveness with which they were talked about. The most powerful component, to me, was the passion…

My sister is a junior in college. She studies film. Recently she directed a scene with her class for her final exam. When I picked up her phone call afterwards, I could tell she was upset. She talked to me for about an hour about how difficult it had been to feel heard while acting as the director. Her male classmate had spent the entirety of the class undermining her…

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How often do you think about what you eat? What you weigh? What other people see when they look at you? I used to think of the idea of eating disorders as one that was almost fantastical; a rare occurrence. The reality was, I didn’t notice them at first because they had been normalized. Having just saltines for lunch was typical. skipping breakfast because you “don’t like it” is expected.…