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A Confession - We Do Look Alike
No full textThis is an essay about my conflicted feelings I have towards my mother, stemming from the realization that although I try not to acknoweldge it, we do indeed look alike. 
No full textIn light of the backlash from the international community about United States' practice of family separation of the border, I look at the other countries with similar practices, notably Israel, India, Belize, Canada, the UK, and Norway. Although varying in scale and scope, each of these practices nonetheless has the potential to traumatize a child, damaging their future cognitize maturation. In addition to mental health concerns, the existence of alternatives to detention that have been successfully practiced in countries such as Belgium or Costa Rica give little reason to continue the practice of detaining families. Cover image: Loren Elliot
Il Nuovo Van Gogh
No full text"Il Nuovo Van Gogh" is a creative nonfiction essay written about the author's grandmother. It is an essay which centers around setting as the defining characteristic force. Many first-generation immigrants to the U.S. have stories to tell, and Italian grandmothers have a knack for telling weird ones
Unwarranted
No full textThis piece is a flash fiction and analytical essay hybrid dealing with gendered objectification and people's responses to said objectification. For additional context, listen to the author's reflection on the piece below
A Deontological Interpretation of Racial Justice
No full textThis essay, composed for a history course on postwar America, argues that progressive factions should center their agendas around identities, such as race, instead of on general economic classifications.
For more details, listen to the author's reflection on the piece below
"Sweets with sweets war not"
No full textThis essay, composed for a first-year writing seminar at Blair, considers the musicality of Shakespeare’s Sonnet VIII. It argues that Shakespeare deliberately chose stylistic elements within the text in order to link musical language to the sonnet’s promotion of marriage as a worthy life goal.
For additional context, listen to the author's reflection on the piece below