WP3: Manipulation In a Modern World — Teenage Girls and Online Grooming

Trigger Warning: This paper contains discussions of grooming and sexual manipulation of children. Please continue reading at your own discretion.

Why Must the Artist be Tortured? — WP3

I know my mental health isn’t the best. I’ve known it since middle school, the first time I…

WP2 — SCA Mental Health Survey: Helping new students navigate a stressful environment

Life is a Game That Women Are Losing

Losing 40 pounds is what made me realize what it meant to be a woman, before that I was just ‘Ashley.’ Naive and innocent, I never completely understood the chokehold of womanhood until I reaped the benefits of it. Looking back, I had been what people feared, in…

Untetheredness as a Praxis: The Value of Perceiving Nationality as a Spectrum

As a Colombian, being tightly tethered to my home country has made the experience of moving to the U.S. all the more dividing. Trying to find home somewhere else — vastly different from the warm…

WP3: Social Issues and Events Promoting or Demoting Themes in Popular Anime

After completing WP2, I learned that Anime, like any media, is made with the intent of being relatable, to an extent, in order to draw in viewers, however, only certain animes become mainstream. This…

WP3 — Systemic Racism in Dating Preferences

In my WP2, I ventured out to listen to other bicultural women’s perspectives on the beauty standard in both their culture and America and…

WP3: The Coming of Age Genre’s Influence on Girls

Growing up, my favorite movies were coming of age ones. I rewatch everything from “Clueless” to “Lady Bird” because of the comfort and nostalgia they bring me. This nostalgia arises from how I relate to these female protagonists and see…

WP3-Why Do We Discriminate?

I identify myself as an Asian woman. Fortunately, discrimination hasn’t taken place in my life yet. However, I…