My life in on-screen flashbacks
Cutting Room Floor
True Indian representation in mainstream Western media is unfortunately minimal. I’d never seen someone like me, let alone my parents, depicted on TV.
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Death of a columnist
Worm memories
Like many of you, I’m still trying to figure out how to maintain a record of myself in a world where I can’t be seen or heard.
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Summer rereading list
Worm memories
They say nobody likes “The Catcher in the Rye” the second time around, much like an actual carousel.
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Goblins and me
Worm memories
Some years ago, I tried out that Google Arts & Culture app that matches your selfie to a famous portrait, and my result was a painting of a goblin.?
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The female artist: A figure of perseverance, strength
Growing up in early-2000s Texas, I didn’t typically resonate with the music that surrounded me.
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Come taste the bands: My musical evolution
Music became a way for me to sort out my emotions and my identity — and what better way than to wax poetic with classic rock?
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An ode to female bassists
Why is it so eye-catching and alluring when a band has a female bassist? Because it rarely happens.
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In crisis, is art really nonessential?
Cutting Room Floor
Art is what has gotten our species through the most trying of times, and this year is shaping up to be one for the history books.?
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Gaming through the apocalypse
In a world that seems to constantly spiral out of control, video games are one of the greatest artistic tools I have for expressing agency in my own life.
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Reading Thoreau in quarantine
Worm memories
In the past two days, I’ve eaten two frozen pizzas and woken up past noon because I stayed up playing video games after my work shift. How’s that for living deliberately?
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