LIFESTYLE
LIFESTYLE
My Medication Changed My Life
What they failed to realize was that I was no longer ‘Stephanie,’ but this fragile individual completely unlike the self I knew.
IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN SPICE
Picture this. Leaves are falling, you're wearing the coziest oversized knit sweater you have, and the crisp smell of decay is in the wind. It is fall and you are walking through Kingston, a little plastic ghost flaps in the wind signalling the coming of the new season; it is so close to perfect but it needs that one final push. So, you look down and what are you holding?
PLEASE, FORCE ME TO WRITE
How Queen’s CWRI and clubs on campus helped me find my motivation
Undressing Body Neutrality
Wherever you live, heading to the beach has its highs and lows. Beaches covered in people barring skin can invoke feelings of insecurity and self-consciousness.
FINDING MY ROOTS
South Asian women have been using methods like this for years to keep their hair silky. I had to rediscover the process, one that bonds the women of our culture in an unspoken manner, passing knowledge down from mother to daughter. When I did, I found a new sense of appreciation. I had searched everywhere for an answer to my hair struggles, and here it was, in the place closest to me. Everything I did brought me back to my roots.
Healing Takes Time, Not Money
The idea that healing is linear negates the important notion that healing is a continuous and different process that every individual deserves access to, regardless of their financial situation.
THE FALSE PROMISE OF SUSTAINABILITY
The ocean is literally on fire, but tell me more about how paper straws will save the earth.
THE DREADED SITUATIONSHIP
I’ve learned a lot from being in a situationship. I broke patterns that were hurting myself and others. So you don’t need to dread falling into a situationship, because if you’re alright with it, you can learn a lot. The concept of relationships and dating does not always need to follow a certain direction towards an end goal. Relationships can, and should sometimes, lack direction.
