Frankenstein’s Monster Has Nothing On the Internet
Kiana Perez-Granados unpacks the detrimental consequences of this era's scariest behemoth — the internet.
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An Ugly Past Revived
Kiana Perez-Granados urges the younger generations to fight against the colonial racist attitudes that have survived through our history.
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Friend or Foe: Parent Edition
Kiana Perez-Granados unpacks the harmful consequences of strict parenting, urging parents to instead encourage independence and agency in their children.
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More Than Just a Name
Kiana Perez-Granados explores the importance of embracing one's full name, outlining the cultural, societal and familial implications behind a name.
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Progressive Christianity’s Refreshing Relationship with Abortion
Kiana Perez Granados unpacks the intersectionality between pro-choice arguments and Christianity, arguing that the two are more similar than opposed.
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Giving White Literary Canon the Boot
Kiana Perez-Granados reflects on the importance of diversity in literature and urges students and teachers alike to expand their reading lists.
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Argument in the Office: Should We White Lie?
Kiana Perez-Granados and Christine Tu debate the merits and downfalls of white lies.
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Pointing Fingers At Faith: Being Religious In a World Run By COVID-19
Kiana Perez-Granados reflects on the challenges of staying religiously connected while being required to stay socially-distanced.
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Featured Comic
Love From Afar
Labyrinth: Grades Search
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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