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on seeing people you used to know 💌

on seeing people you used to know 💌 coming home, growing apart, and learning to hold it all at once By Lili Kowalski coming home for christmas break is always an interesting time. first is the overwhelming sense of nostalgia that comes with visiting a place you were once so acquainted with, and then comes the people you once knew everything about, but nearly know nothing about now. there’s this sort of mourning for childhood and for what used to be, whenever i come home, bec

grey

grey everything is grey like the streets of london celebr a ting the fragrance of tea like the morals of those once shy, twice b itten like a pen announcing a most t r agic end like an adventure that has begun far to o soon but ended too late li k e dreams and delusions that cloud my mind from this angle, you could dec e ive me the sun could be the moo n for all i know, i am certain that i am lu c id dreaming for why else would the city be grey? why else would rain freeze am

Surviving Finals Season: My Advice as a Burnt-Out 3L

Finals season feels dramatic no matter what you’re studying. Even if you’re not in law school, there’s something about this time of year that turns your brain into mashed potatoes, your sleep schedule into chaos, and your Google Calendar into a huge mess. But after years of higher education, including a particularly unhinged  run through law school, I’ve learned a few things about surviving finals without losing the part of yourself that still resembles a human being. Here’s

A Pretty Girls Book Review: Our Ex's Wedding by Taleen Voskuni

Our Ex’s Wedding  by Taleen Voskuni releasing janaury 20th, 2026. There are books you enjo and then there are books that feel like someone cracked open your chest, pulled out the complicated parts of growing up Armenian-diaspora, and said: here, let’s turn this into a romcom with heart, chaos, and cultural precision. Our Ex’s Wedding  did exactly that for me and then some. Buckle in, because this review is a long one. Taleen Voskuni has quickly become one of those authors who

A Pretty Girl's Guide To Study Breaks

A Pretty Girl's Guide To Study Breaks Because productivity still counts when your desk is cute and your coffee’s seasonal. It’s officially that time of year again — midterms, finals prep, internships, and the general chaos that comes with being That Girl who does it all. But even pretty girls need a study break. Especially in fall, when the air smells like coffee and ambition, and the leaves are giving “rom-com montage energy.” Whether you’re cramming case briefs, revising c

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