Daniel Sloss boasts that he has caused 120,000+ breakups. — “I need to discuss this Daniel Sloss comedian guy with you,” my college friend texted me on a Thursday afternoon, as I was in back-to-back lesson prep Zoom meetings with two of my coworkers. “Apparently every couple breaks up after watching his Netflix special. And I think it’s bullshit.” This…

This past week, my social media feeds have absolutely flooded with infographics, videos, and photos about racism. I’ve posted my fair share of them because I believe the United States is well overdue for a large-scale conversation about racism and how thoroughly embedded it is into our structures and systems. …

When you deal with anxious or otherwise unwanted thought patterns, it can feel impossible to keep those thoughts from spiraling out of control. …

By your favorite overly opinionated college woman. Inspired by Rachel Held Evans Wow wow wow. This book was such a gift. If you want to fall in love with the Bible — and all its magic and complexities and stories and characters and poems and stuff we’ll never fully understand — I can’t recommend it…

I’m a podcast fanatic. Back in the olden days, when I used to go to class and work every day (remember going places!?!??), I would take the longest route possible so that I had more time to listen to podcasts. Now that I’m safe at home, I’ve been listening to…

To be a sports fan is to assimilate with middle-aged dads. When you listen to the radio during your drive to school, when you put on a podcast while you straighten your hair- it’s all dads. You don’t mind it too much because, hey, these dads know what they’re talking…

I grew up in a sports family, but I never played sports. I tried- sort of- but I was lanky and awkward and, to be completely honest, my mind was always elsewhere. While my younger siblings won trophies in soccer, field hockey, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey, I just wanted…

I wrote this piece in high school, when I was reflecting on what my culture had ingrained in me about weight loss and mental health. Mental illnesses were often romanticized among my peers, especially throughout my early teenage years. When I wrote this piece, I thought of myself as a…