Category: Toys in the Attic
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Better to live a life alone than a life lying
Quality over quantity. The phrase is self-explanatory. To me, it is so much better and worthwhile to have a small group of close friends who actually understand you, then double the number with just distant acquaintances. I can say with certainty that in my 17 years of living, current and past friendships have taught me…
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Do the Best really Sell?
Intro. Hello! I’m back from the dead! It’s been a second … Exactly 146 days, but who’s counting? Writing a blog is hard. I mean keeping up with personal deadlines, following through, re-reading your work just to make sure you don’t sound foolish, may seem to a passerby like easy stuff. But to the girl…
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Jane Austen the Greatest Of All Time?
Jane Austen is an incredible writer. I don’t want to sound like a washing machine, cycling most people’s praises and saying she’s a very captivating writer and witty author. But I would be doing her novels an injustice if I said she wasn’t all those things. Yes, her writing truly inspires me to tackle my…
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What’s so special about Journalism?
How Journalism changed my life My freshman self thought Journalism would be a cute class to enroll in because I’d be like Rory Gilmore from “Gilmore Girls.” On the first day of class–arriving late, as I am notorious for–I came in with no expectations and a flatline standard. I just didn’t know what to expect!…
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It’s easy, just use women.
The over-sexualization of women in the music industry. I like a lot of music. From pop to musical to country to anything-you-name-i’ll-probably-like-it. Lately, I’ve been listening to more mainstream artists like Sabrina Carpenter and Tate McRae, and I think their songs are pretty good. Then I watch the music video and I just see them…