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May 22, 2020

Synergy in Symphony: Dancing Over Crosslines

ASTC is not your conventional dance company. Rather than stick to the fine lines and rules of tradition, ASTC lives up to its name by striving to teach, promote, and celebrate diversity in movement and storytelling across different cultures, techniques, generations, and genres.

March 23, 2020

(Semi) Homemade Turkey Chili

Chili is not so much food as a state of mind. Margaret Cousins Sometimes when life is too much to handle (kinda like it is..

March 19, 2020

The Beauty of Manifesting

How to Survive Self-IsolationThe definition of manifesting is to “display or show [a quality or feeling] by one’s acts or appearance; to demonstrate”. In other..

Creative of the Month

February 20, 2020

Faceless Portraits, Jessica Hughee

When I interviewed Rita Kwong, A Little Drawer, I’d expressed that I’m fairly easy-to-please when it comes to appreciating art. If I like it, I..

February 13, 2020

BORTLES!

Why Jason Mendoza Is My Favorite Character in “The Good Place” SPOILERS AHEAD I also should apologize ahead-of-time for the inordinate amount of fangirling. Growing..

Creative of the Month

January 23, 2020

A Little Drawer, Rita Kwong

A few years ago, I was absolutely obsessed with Van Gogh so much so that my uncle bought me his biography, Van Gogh: The Life..

January 16, 2020

Elsewhere. (001)

socks.The students clustered outside the auditorium waited to be shuffled in and seated. A few of the staff stood at the closed doors, some with..

January 9, 2020

What it Means to Take Care

In an effort to implement self-care, I drew a bubble bath. I lit candles. I ate a decadent meal. I did skincare and I even..

January 2, 2020

haunt.

repost from Jus Tri's personal blog, franksmycousini have the worst luck when it comes to you i liked you first you didn’t return so i..

December 27, 2019

Orgasms, Moths, and Mary Poppins

A short story by Katalina Gamarra*Disclaimer: Please note that this story is a work of fiction and contains graphic language and situations. Any resemblance to..

December 19, 2019

What Are We… Comparing Sizes?

Why Comparison Really Is the Thief of JoySo I’m in a fully committed, long-distance relationship. We’ve been together for 3 years now. We both met..

October 25, 2019

The Ballad of Arthur Fleck

A Film Critique of "Joker" I loved the simplicity of Joker (2019) and its ability to make something small feel big. The set design and..

October 7, 2019

My Lipstick, My Armor

Lip reader and fortune teller Pamela Passmore says, “…if eyes are the window to the soul, then the lips are the doorway.” As a former cosmetics..

September 27, 2019

A Note From The Trees

It is true that the changing of seasons is a physical signifier of an environmental new beginning. A prime example of this is the change..

September 22, 2019

Thank You For Your Time

So I’ve been thinking about writing a piece like this. It’s a really personal piece and I hope you guys read it with an open..