Articles by Olivia S
First Date
Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. The door was unlocked? Well, please come in. I hope you haven’t been standing there for long. Would you like something to drink? No, I’m terribly sorry I don’t have wine. Okay, just a ...
My Personal Feud with the Boy Band One Direction
I’m admittedly not as hip to the boy band scene as I was ten years ago. I only recently become aware of the boy band One Direction and their song “What Makes you Beautiful.” The catchiness of the song was fine enough. It ...
Get a Hobby
It seems like we’ve been condensing our hobbies and interests into lists our whole lives. For me, I guess it could be argued that an early form of this began in elementary school. I would meticulously write out the names of m...
The Gift of Fear
I lived the majority of my life in suburbia. I grew up surrounded by strip malls, parking lots, and maybe more churches than the average small town. After telling my mother that I was moving to Washington DC, she bought me ...
Remembering Flavor of Love
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about reality television romantic narratives. I decided to tune into the sixteenth season of the Bachelor for the first time in my life this last season. Watching this made me think about the...
An Apology Letter to Every Pet I’ve Ever Owned
I have dreamed of having a cat for literally seven years. I’ve talked about it to all my friends and acquaintances, describing the cat’s appearance (orange), name (Clementine), and demeanor (“Y’know, she’s a cat rig...
Post-Teen Angst
When does loving entertainment geared toward the teenage demographic go from being funny and ironic to sad and borderline pedophiliac? Sure, it’s cute to be in your early twenties playing Degrassi drinking games with all of...
Viewing Life through Vintage-Tinted Glasses
Last week Facebook purchased Instagram for a staggering $1 billion. After hearing this news I began to think about the phenomenon of Instagram and the literal filter it places over our day to day existence. By placing a gra...
