Aside from calling your representatives and other forms of political climate activism, one of the first steps, and something we should all come back to from time to time, is to put ourselves in a situation where we can understand what we have to lose.
Climate change is real and it’s happening now.
This week, The Daily celebrated 129 years of publication. Since that first day in 1890, The Daily has produced Pulitzer Prize winners, famous authors, national activists and world-renowned journalists.
Bookstores are more than just retail shops — they are sacred spaces where profound ideas meet curious thinkers. When I walk into a local bookstore, I’m overwhelmed and excited by the endless shelves full of new stories and ideas.
Just a thought. If this reflection on paper has done anything for you, I hope it inspires you to write your local congressman and demand that “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” be resurrected for online consumption.
The feeling of immediacy that comes with holding a bound photo book or a magazine with nice, thick paper cannot be replicated, nor can the experience of being able to flip through one and get completely lost in it — coming back up for air with a perfectly coherent understanding of what the artists and everyone involved in its publication meant to communicate, even if that understanding is unique to you.
Paper can burn, but the feelings it gave us don’t turn to ash that easily. Honor true love by rejecting materialism — who needs diamonds anyway?
Whether it’s good, old-fashioned romance, platonic friendship or even a dose of self-appreciation (Hot Girl Fall, anyone?), this playlist has all the bases covered.
Striking a balance between the “pop” and “culture” of a pop culture publication is what sets apart Paper from magazines like Cosmopolitan or even Vogue.
It would be a lie to claim that my plane ride flirtation with journaling turned into a full-blown love affair. I did not become a daily journaler, nor did I find inner peace every time jotted down an entry, but I did discover the value in self reflection.