Tiffany Chan 
It can be really intimidating to approach an artwork for the first time, especially those that are exceptionally avant-garde or wildly unfamiliar. You may feel the urge to have the perfect articulate and intellectual observation about a given piece, but how do you start thinking and talking about something you don’t quite understand? For me, […]Read Post ›
One need only to browse Pinterest for “interior design inspo” to be baraged with hundreds of pictures of perfectly curated shots of living rooms. What is peculiar, however, is that many of the furniture designs that are marketed as the most trendy and modern pieces actually are the legacy of mod furniture from 50 years […]Read Post ›
I don’t love New Year resolutions because forced contemplation has never served me well and if I want to change something so badly about myself—well, why not do it tomorrow? Still, the transition of the Gregorian calendar is a convenient time point to take stock of what is going well, what isn’t, and to change […]Read Post ›
In the shadows of the setting sun, a petite pavilion was a small spot of unadorned tranquility standing proudly under the Barcelona flag.Upon ascending the hill of Montjuic, we almost missed the small building tucked away under more traditionally Spanish-looking buildings. If you are not an architecture nerd, it would be easy to see it […]Read Post ›
I recently went back out to Wellesley College, a place that is near and sometimes dear to many on this team. I’ve also been consuming online video voraciously since I was 16 so I decided to try my hand at vlogging that experience. I apologize in advance for clunky visual editing-I don’t have a production […]Read Post ›
On a blustery Friday in October, I packed my bags and headed to the sunny city of Barcelona.
Daenerys of House Targaryen, first of her name, the last in this series and with far too many titles for me to include in the title of this piece.
Dear Dresser, I first want to thank you for your continued service. Thank you for having the dual purpose of nightstand and dresser in my new bedroom. Thank you for acting as a repository of the detritus my life, the statement necklaces, framed pictures, stray elastics. Thank you for housing my lamp so that I […]Read Post ›
Long may she reign.
In this series, I wish to examine three female characters in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In Westeros, castles are often used as examples of metonymy, standing in as representations of the family itself and their factions within the political sphere. These characters have at times embraced or eschewed their familial identities to suit […]Read Post ›
