Mikayla Leskey | Arts and Entertainment Editor A hand made puppet of cloth sitting on a soft cozy armchair, pink flowers on the first plan of a picture. / Photo by 'PedaltotheStock', licensed by Envato.com . I’m sorry for ever hating you. that I let other people's opinions warp my mind to the point where I couldn’t even speak of you without fear of being called a girly-girl. I didn’t want to be like other girls such a pre-teen fear wrought from misogynistic opinions—that I h

Julianna Concepcion | Opinion Writer All my best memories begin in our little apartment on Lebanon Avenue. The bright blue, picket-fenced house was trimmed in white, and the front yard was filled with flowers and tomatoes and herbs. These were all planted by our landlady who lived directly above us in the two-story colonial style “duplex.” My most formative years were spent here; from crawling up the couple of steps it took to get through the door to skipping down them in t

Mikayla Leskey | Arts and Entertainment Editor In our freetime, my best friend and I walk through cemeteries it’s weird to say aloud but it’s also one of our favourite things we joke and laugh, and maybe the ghosts are joining us we call it “grave hunting”  us searching for our favourite headstones  telling each other that’s the one we want when we die or i’ll stare up at a weeping Angel  telling him we’re getting one for our garden one day that it doesn’t matter if he’s watc

Julianna Concepcion | Staff Writer Recently in one of my courses, I was asked to read Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X. I found it to be riveting, culturally aware, and beautiful; the book felt so connected to music and Latin Caribbean culture; that my mind kept moving in the "musical" direction as I was reading it. So, I made a playlist! If you've read the book, it would make more sense. It's written in free verse poetry, making it a short, semi-easy read. I recommend! Norma