Issue IV: BYO? Le Bain The line wasn’t as long as they said it was going to be. My youthful apprehension was masterfully absconded in the face of cheap black shades and a cheaper scarf. These items remained glued to me. My saving grace, my ticket to the show- and it was all encompassing.
Issue IV: BYO? Justin Santana Torres on Racial Injustice within Performing Arts Schools Francesca Crumpton 10/17/2021 Justin Santana Torres on Racial Injustice within Performing Arts Schools As he allowed the makeup artist to apply his glitter eyeshadow and fill in his eyebrows, Justin Santana Torres knew that his performance in “The Greatest Showman” would be a memorable night for many reasons.
Issue IV: BYO? Chocolate Chip Cookies ROISIN’S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES I am a vagabond. In 2022, I considered ten different countries my home. Although I was alone in most of them, and could barely communicate with the natives, I never felt fully alone. I was able to connect with everyone I stayed with through baking.
Issue IV: BYO? The Perceived Influence Media and Memorable Messages Has on LGB+ Youth MEMORABLE MESSAGES AND LGB+ YOUTH Introduction The 2019-2020 GLAAD “Where we are on TV” reported that 10% of characters on prime-time scripted broadcasts this year where LGBTQ+ identifying (Townsend & Deerwater, 2019). This is up 8% from the roughly 2% GLAAD reported for the 2005-2006 year (GLAAD, 2005). Times have
Issue IV: BYO? Millennial Mania Brandon, my future brother-in-law, grabbed my bicep momentarily. It was a reflex to ensure that this moment was a reality. We sat next to each other near the end zone of the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was Wrestlemania XXX in 2014 and the referee counted The Undertaker’
Issue IV: BYO? Domino Effect Technically it is two scars but due to their proximity and relevance to each other, I just call them one. Sitting in the valley of my chest, the scar spans eight inches down with a small one-inch horizontal companion scar right below. For modesty reasons the scar is hidden from
Nonfiction Letter to My Future Self If you’re reading this, then that means either two things. Either a.) you were bored and were going through your old stuff, or b.) you're going through some rough stuff right now. As of today, I am writing to you to tell you that everything will be okay.
Issue Three Forgiveness Recipe Susan Dyer offers a recipe for how to forgive yourself and others. (Content warning: eating disorder, self-harm)
Issue Three The Evolution of Generations: How Generations Have Changed in Values and Ideals over Time Princess Raymond examines changes in ideas and values across generations.
Nonfiction A Letter to My Future-Self Paul O'Connor's heartfelt letter offers advice on living in a society where "men don't cry".
Issue Three Get with the Times: Three Slurs That No One Should Be Using Ever Najla Alexander encourages older generations to accept linguistic and cultural changes embraced by Gen Z.
Issue Three Making It to the Other Side: the Process of Experiencing a Metamorphosis Robert McPherson's tale of hardships, gains, and losses offers a comprehensive, life-affirming guide to overcoming obstacles.
Issue Three Broadway’s Back and More Emotional Than Ever Lindsay Armstrong's review of Beetlejuice tackles the changes Broadway has undergone after being shut down for over a year.
Issue Three What Is Dating? Samantha Nelson considers the pressures of modern dating, and (reluctantly) accepts that meeting someone organically is much harder than you think.
Issue Three I’m Just a Broadway Baby: How to Become a Theater Fan From Home Elisa Kluger offers a self-help guide on how to become Broadway's number one fan (on a budget, of course)!
Issue Three The Professor We decided on our story beforehand. We decided that she, in suspenders and a tweed suit, would be The Professor and that I, in that short white dress with the denim all frayed underneath, would be the student she was sleeping with.
Issue Three The Age of Reboots: Transformation of Original Media Rayiah Ross's take on how even though society hates reboots you cannot help but chase that nostalgia you felt with the original.
Issue Three On Finishing My Third Year of Teaching: a Lyric Essay Dear Students, I’m writing this poem or letter or essay or whatever this ends up being because you mean a lot to me and I don’t know how else to express this without wasting your class time and/or money.
Issue Three Too Well The music faded away. The screen lights dimmed. The credits started to roll. I hovered my fingers over the touchpad for a split second of indecision and then pressed replay. I was watching a much anticipated short film expanding the breadth of my universe through a song by my favorite artist.
Issue Three My Old Lover I used to have a notebook that held all of my creations. These creations were words that lingered on a white page. Somehow, these words that sat alongside each other built some of the pieces that I absolutely adored. I think of poetry as my first steps into the writing world.
Issue Three What Becoming a Lesbian Taught Me about Being Straight One of the first friends I came out to was a woman a lot like me. We’d both been raised Catholic and were white women of a certain class and liberal sensibility. Balancing mothering and working. Critical of and still participating in the patriarchy.
Issue Three In the Middle of Somewhere and Nowhere I find myself reassessing life each year. My ups and downs, my milestones, and my goals. I tend to think of my life in seasons. Not months or years or even weeks or days.
Issue Three Underaged Alcoholism It’s not easy to realize you’re an alcoholic before you’ve even reached the legal drinking age. But getting clean becomes a whole lot easier when you’re f*cked up enough to cope using humor. I mean, imagine recovering from substance abuse and not even being able to make jokes at your own expense.
Issue Two Musical Sensation Bad Bunny Breaks Boundaries Ariana Contreras reviews how artist Bad Bunny has revived reggaeton music and redefined masculine themes found within the reggaeton genre.
Issue Two Racial Justice and Affordability in Higher Education: Lessons from the NYS Excelsior Program Rebecca Craig does a deep dive into how we can reimagine, repair, and revitalize public education in the United States, specifically focusing on the NYS Excelsior Program - a tuition-free scholarship for SUNY and CUNY that has rolled out with glaring racial inequities.
