- Oct 11, 2021
- 5 min
Conscious Conversations Vol. 5: Ally R.
I don't quite remember the first time I met Ally, but it must've started with me not quite knowing what to say to her at one of our...
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- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Year of Firsts: My freshman year was held entirely online
"It’s crazy to think we haven’t met yet!” A professor exclaimed to my freshman block of fourteen writers during our last synchronous...
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 7 min
The Climate Crisis Is A Privilege Crisis
“Three of history’s strongest typhoons hit the Philippines,” the headline reads. You drop your coffee mug as you scan pictures of the...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 6 min
Conscious Conversations Vol. 4: Mission Isla
In this issue of Conscious Conversations, we took some time to reflect and ended up getting in touch with none other than, well,...
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- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
The new ‘Coconut Girl’ Tiktok trend is the last thing we need right now
Sandy toes, tan lines, hibiscus flowers, and tie dyed maxi skirts against toned stomachs — no, we aren’t talking about Kate Bosworth in...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
Calling out colorism: the skin-lightening industry's harm on Filipinos
One of my biggest insecurities as a kid was the color of my skin. Even years later, I can still recall the intensity of my emotions when...
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- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Healing the relationship I have with myself, with Kirsten.
At the beginning of 2021, I decided to wear some of the clothes I never got the chance to wear out before the pandemic hit. I didn’t...
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