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Gender issues & Women in Media. Catered to Taylor Swift and Saiorse Ronan fans.

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May 11, 20222 min read

Senior Salute

I like to use songs to encapsulate moments and memories in my life. I have lists in journals and my phone of years of my life tied to...

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frbot22

May 11, 20221 min read

Graduation & Sexism

There are 9 days left of high school. Single digits. This is almost unbelievable. It feels like so much time has passed and almost none...

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frbot22

May 11, 20222 min read

Listening to Folklore All Summer

I think I have made clear on here that I am a huge Taylor Swift fan. I just want to point that out again, because I feel like there could...

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frbot22

May 11, 20222 min read

Don't Go Home!

I keep hearing the same advice. Don't go back home within the first thirty days of college. I have a lot of thoughts on this. I don't...

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frbot22

May 10, 20222 min read

Next Year is Scary pt. 2

As the end of the school year approaches, I am feeling ways I thought I never would. I was so happy to graduate high school, and very...

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A Strong, Opinionated, Female-Identifying Teacher Isn't Mean

frbot22

Apr 19, 20221 min read

A Strong, Opinionated, Female-Identifying Teacher Isn't Mean

When you're involved in a certain department in school, you get to know the teachers really well. Whether it be music, science, or...

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International Women's Day: Best Books I Have Read This Month By Female Authors

frbot22

Apr 12, 20221 min read

International Women's Day: Best Books I Have Read This Month By Female Authors

I read two Toni Morrison books this month. Sula, and Beloved. They were both amazing. As I finished Sula I realized I don't really know...

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frbot22

Apr 12, 20221 min read

St. Louis

The music department took a trip to St. Louis over the weekend. The first day we were there we stopped at the Arch. It is also a national...

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frbot22

Apr 12, 20222 min read

Sammy Rae and the Friends

Over spring break I saw a really cool band called Sammy Rae and the Friends. There were a ton of super cool moments throughout the show....

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frbot22

Apr 12, 20221 min read

Only In Sleep

Sara Teasdale's poem, Only In Sleep, is a beautiful recollection of childhood memories that also captures the sadness of growing up. It...

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frbot22

Mar 31, 20222 min read

Lent?

Lent is a strange thing. If you aren’t someone that celebrates it, I am sure it seems very otherworldly to you. Lent draws from a time in...

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frbot22

Mar 31, 20222 min read

Next Year is Scary pt. 1

I have always been content with the fact that I probably won’t get to pick my roommate. I knew that at some colleges I might request one,...

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frbot22

Feb 21, 20222 min read

Enchanted 2021-22

I switched to City High for a lot of reasons. I would say the biggest reason was the music department here. I really wanted to be...

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frbot22

Feb 18, 20222 min read

College of the Holy Cross

I made a blog post a few months ago about how I was rejected from Boston College. That rejection really put a dark cloud over what I...

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frbot22

Feb 18, 20222 min read

I Will Never Leave You

I grew up in a world of musical theater. Not just that, but it was community theater, as you complete each show, the group becomes more...

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frbot22

Feb 9, 20221 min read

Is Oldest Daughter Syndrome Real?

I am very passionate about birth order. I am convinced that if I wasn't an oldest daughter, my personality would be completely different....

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frbot22

Feb 4, 20222 min read

Catholic Guilt

I recently read a research paper regarding Catholic women and sexuality. The paper talked a lot about how women who are raised in...

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frbot22

Feb 4, 20222 min read

The Entertainer

I recently took a personality test on 16 Personalities . My results were very accurate to how I am. They said I was an Entertainer and...

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frbot22

Feb 3, 20222 min read

The Philomena Project

I wrote the movie/tv essay we just did in class on the film, Philomena. This is sort of a continuation of that, but specifically the...

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frbot22

Jan 18, 20222 min read

Josie.

My dad grew up in Webster City, Iowa. It is a small rural town, near Ames. He went to Webster City High School, and grew up with someone...

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