"The image I pinned to my vision board of Morrison offered me a window into a new vision for my womanhood," says writer Sage Howard, pictured here. Photo: Naima Noguera Onemorningthis past September, ...

It took one look into my heartbroken first-grader’s brown eyes, the bright sparkle of joy replaced with the brighter sparkle of tears. One look, and the realization came crashing down on me: Santa ...

Walking out of the Chemistry Building after finishing my last final of the fall semester, I did what could only be considered to be, at the very least, necessary: I fist-bumped myself. Pow! It’s a ...

In 2015, Edson Philippe found out he was being laid off from his first full-time tech job. Philippe said being laid off so early made him consider a company's finances before taking a job. He said ...

Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think about how and why we choreograph our ...

There is this idea we all have of what genuine artists are supposed to look like, of how they are supposed to act. Maybe they are supposed to be tortured, either by a painful past, a dependency on ...

When I first got diagnosed with breast cancer at 27, I never thought I would miss my nipples — I never really liked them anyways. I always thought they never seemed big enough, or "womanly" enough. I ...

I'm a sucker for charming personal essays, those seemingly casual, anecdotal confessionals in which writers essentially dine out on themselves. My favorites (Nora Ephron, David Sedaris) make light of ...

I get the appeal of Chromebooks — I really do. Sometimes less is more, and an operating system that is simpler can provide a less distracting experience for the right audience. But it’s never been a ...