By Tayler Nowak Edited by Taylor Morgan Dearest Gentle Reader,  You may be sitting at the edge of your seat for the rest of season four to be released; however, there is much to be said about this Cinderella-inspired “Bridgerton” love story.  BIBIS / @abeatrizdfx on Pinterest Of course, the two love interests of this season are Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek, a maid who comes to the ball not to find a love interest but to experience what it’s like to be in society as a l

By Paige Auxier Edited by Taylor Morgan LILITDIOR / @lilitDior on Pinterest On February 13th, the widely anticipated “Wuthering Heights” adaptation directed by award-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, was released in theaters. While many are anxiously looking forward to seeing the film, long-time fans of the classic novel by author Emily Brontë are wary of how heavily it appears to deviate from the original text, based on the traile

By Paulina Adams Edited by Taylor Morgan PAULINA ADAMS / UP Fashion Co-Director The wellness industry is a multi-billion-dollar machine, and to be fair, it isn’t all bad. Movement can be healing. Rituals can be grounding. Learning how to care for yourself matters. But alongside all of that, it’s selling one powerful idea: a finish line. Once you try this workout, then  you will finally look like that. Once you use this product, then  you will look younger. Once you achieve yo

By Kaitlin McDowell Edited by Taylor Morgan January is bleak. After everyone has recovered from their New Year's Eve plans, days or weeks later, there is an abundance of societal pressure to change everything about oneself. “What are your goals for the year?” friends ask over brunch. “20 ways to be unrecognizable this 2026,” the headlines read.  On top of this month’s suffocating self-improvement discourse, the temperatures drop and the end of winter feels out of sight. Perso

By Sophia Masi Edited by Taylor Morgan liz / @postr4vemaximalist on Pinterest Over my teenage years and now into my early twenties, I noticed a trend among my peers. The words “cringe” and “embarrassing” were seemingly thrown into every conversation possible. I was a victim of this as well. Ages 15 through 19 I thought almost everything was somehow “embarrassing” and I truly feel like this held me back from reaching my potential and taking advantage of opportunities that came

By Sara Kaufman Edited by Taylor Morgan Kylie Christensen / @k_chris10sen on Pinterest Do you ever feel like someone in your life is just “doing the least?” You most likely are not imagining it. But there’s a big difference between bare minimum and low effort, and knowing can save you a lot of frustration.  So what does the bare minimum look like? The bare minimum is things like completing tasks, but never going above and beyond expectations. Or responding to messages or conv

By Maggie Carey Edited by Taylor Morgan Milica Andjusic / @andjusic_milica on Pinterest As we go through life as college students, we want to live fully and embrace all the opportunities that come our way. Oftentimes, though, there is an invisible barrier blocking us: fear. It may not always look like panic, but it is something that we might not even notice. It can come up as procrastination, overthinking or even that voice in the back of our heads that says “no, not yet.” We

By Harper Sabin Edited by Taylor Morgan We don’t always have to be the character version of ourselves. Not every moment needs to be impressive. Not every day needs to feel like a chapter that pushes the plot forward. Sometimes, the most meaningful thing we can do for ourselves is not grand at all. It is simply being present, sitting and existing without trying to optimize or prove something. Angèle / @arterepos on Pinterest We have been conditioned to treat our lives as if th

By Paige Auxier Edited by Taylor Morgan becauseofnyc / @becauseofnyc on Pinterest I find myself wasting a considerable amount of time considering how I’m perceived by others. I often feel as though I’m walking on eggshells as I go about the mere act of existing. It’s as if, at the turn of every corner, a new situation emerges, with a million-and-one opportunities for me to suffer personal failure in the form of saying too much, or too little, liking the wrong movies and books