Self Study

It’s Okay To Change Your Major

August 5, 2022 by

Alice Zhang advocates for the choice to change one's major as she recounts her academic experience thus far.
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A Case Study for the Ages: Passion v. Profit

May 19, 2022 by

Amitha Bhat explores the painful importance of weighing one's desire for passion and profit.
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Bananas, Bimahs and Biology: On my Chinese and Jew-ish Experience

May 22, 2021 by

Toni Shindler-Ruberg unpacks her oftentimes conflating Jewish and Asian American identities, reflecting on the universality of not knowing.
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Your Performative Activism is Showing Again

April 9, 2021 by

Sydney Haupt discusses the recent attacks again Asian Americans in Atlanta and performative activism on social media.
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An Ugly Past Revived

April 6, 2021 by

Kiana Perez-Granados urges the younger generations to fight against the colonial racist attitudes that have survived through our history.
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A Call to Increase Diversity in Classrooms — Beyond S.T.E.M.

February 25, 2021 by

Sophia Lovell points outa. lack of diversity in the philosophy major and argues for the need for more minority racial and gender voices in social science classrooms.
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Bisexual vs. Pansexual: Fight! Or Actually — Don’t!

February 22, 2021 by

Mikayla Buhbe unpacks the significance of labels, highlighting the confusing assumptions made about their implications.
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More Than Just a Name

February 13, 2021 by

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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Just Fucking Call Your Grandparents Already

November 25, 2020 by

Jonathan Kim reflects on the valuable lessons he's learned from his grandparents as he urges everyone to drop what they're doing and give their own a call today.
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A Closer Look at America’s Caste System

October 15, 2020 by

Surya Swaroop discusses her own experiences with caste systems and imparts that all caste systems should be dismantled.
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Roll Call Racism: The Power In Pronunciation

September 8, 2020 by

Atmika Iyer unpacks her own lifelong struggle to reconcile conflicting aspects of her identity in examining its inextricable link to something as fundamental as her name.
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Being Asian American in the Time of COVID-19

April 21, 2020 by

The nature of the pandemic and escalation of racism against Asian Americans has made me reflect on my own identity.
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UCSB: From Wonderbread World to Home

February 27, 2020 by

CCS Professor Jervey Tervalon writes about experiencing the education system as a person of color.
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Swipe Left On Birthright Israel

February 24, 2020 by

Emily Kocis writes about why the concept of a Jewish birthright to Israel is problematic.
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Living in Ambiguity

November 25, 2019 by

Sophia Lovell explores the difficulties of defining your cultural identity when you come from a mixed race background.
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