A reflection on the forgotten shows we swore we’d watch
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As summer approaches, I’m ready to spend time watching reruns of my favorite shows instead of watching any that I’ve been meaning to get around to.
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How to be body positive this summer after living through quarantine
With summer around the corner, talks of a “summer body” are starting up again. The summer body ideal usually means being super fit, tan and virtually blemishless, but the reality is that we don’t always look or feel that way, come summer. While summer can provide a great incentive to get outside and become healthier, it also idealizes a really specific body type. As everyone’s lifestyle and routines have changed due to the pandemic, it’s time to move on from the summer body ideal and instead start accepting the realistic shapes and textures of our “quarantine body.”
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Quarantine and relationships: Hard to hold on, harder to let go
Sometimes, letting go is necessar to improve the most important relationship of our lives — the one we have with ourselves.
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Decoding your commonly received quarantine texts
What do these texts really mean? Truth is, even I don’t know, but here’s how I interpret them with a dash of good ol’ empathy.
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Why I’m going to stop living every moment wishing it was the next
My life is spent constantly chasing after the elusive “next best moment” — a moment that wouldn’t ever satisfy me, even if I caught it.
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Searching for solitude: My year without movie theaters
Cutting Room Floor
When you’re forced to put away your phone for two hours and focus on strangers inhabiting a different world, the fear that life might be slipping through your fingers fades into the background.
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Pandemic Pastimes
From gardening to baking bread, quarantine has left folks with ample time to pick up hobbies. College students have been no exception. Here’s a look at two students — a 3D-printing guru and an aspiring Bay Area rapper — and the pastimes they’ve developed since the onset of the pandemic.
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Looking on the bright side: The best things that came out of 2020
As unforgiving and upsetting this last year was, we’re not here to dwell on all the would-have-beens. Here are some of the best things that 2020 gave us.
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Preparing during a pandemic: Cal beach volleyball begins preseason quarantine, training
Within the first few days back on the court, during the low-intensity practice stage, the coaches came up with ways to allow players to get their “sand legs” into shape, including sand shuffling.
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Why small dogs are bullies (or maybe it’s just mine)
Four years ago, my parents decided to get my little sister a Yorkie puppy for Christmas. Although I love her, I must admit, she is a bully.
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