Appreciating the things we take for granted
This year, I am practicing being grateful for everything around me, including the experiences I’ve taken for granted in the past.
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I met my best friend on Omegle
To the Left
The internet was the perfect escape from my social anxiety. Omegle, an online chatroom for “meeting strangers and making new friends,” was where I lived.
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Digital self-harm: The importance of fostering a positive online space
So why don’t we just log off? Many of us, for a multitude of reasons, feel compelled to stay online and keep looking at upsetting content.
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My problem with unapologetic misogyny in media
Off the Beat
I cannot take these unapologetic misogynists of all genders, who are prevalent in Japan, silencing female voices anymore.
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It’s Monday I’m (supposed to be) in love
Love in Conversation
This has been an unconventional mechanism, perhaps, for two friends to learn to navigate each other’s flaws.
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Jaron Lanier, ‘founding father’ of virtual reality, speaks at Berkeley Forum event
On Wednesday night, Jaron Lanier, known as a founding father of virtual reality, spoke to UC Berkeley students and community members at a Berkeley Forum event about “how the internet is screwed up and how to fix it.”
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I read it on the internet
Work in Progress
On my computer, I wrote troves of poetry and metaphorical stories, burdening Microsoft Word documents with lamentations about the depression I had been dealing with since fourth grade, and about my parents divorcing. Alone in my room, symbolic pen in my hand, I began, in earnest, to cement my career as a writer.
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How to intimidate others
Are you sick of people not taking you seriously? People aren’t nearly as skittish as they used to be, and our street cred is suffering as a result.
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Attention, please
Reading life closely
My attention is a currency, passed between entities at the rate of a fraction of a penny per visit, per minute. Thinking about it for too long disturbs me.
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What to say when asked about your summer plans
If people are asking you incessantly about what you’re doing this summer, we at the Clog have come up with some awesome responses.
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