Boygenius: The Supergroup of the Century

By: Shannon Mo Kindred spirits turned bandmates, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus are boygenius, and they are the moment. Each successful solo artists, the three met up for a co-headlining tour in 2018, releasing a critically acclaimed self-titled EP. The name, boygenius, is an ironic commentary on the inflated entitlement of male musicians in the industry. Despite this, genius is the only word that comes to mind when describing their discography. From the emotionally charged lyrics of Cool About It: "I can walk you home and practice method acting/pretend...
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Introducing our 2023-2024 Student Blogging Team

Welcome to the ASUPD Student Blog.  We are a group of writers who are excited to share our passions and love for writing with you all this year.  I would love to introduce you to our Student Blogging team for the 2023-2024 year! Lead Editor    Caroline Junior Hello!  My...
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Your Story

By Faith Jang   A story, a tale, remembered, told. It carries all, both young and old. With such a letter, the message bold. Such tales that it shall forever hold. To write another story, your own. To get it out there, to be known. All that is needed is...
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Sometimes You Are Not Wrong

By Faith Jang  A Time and Place, but Why? Welcome a need to create, Yet when the time came -Treated like a foe for the bait. The bait that called your name. However, no glory met here. Even though the clock chimed so. Asking, denying, this is what we're. Ignoring...
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What To Wear To The Eras Tour

By Emily O'Reilly Are you going to see Taylor Swift’s “The Era’s Tour” concert shows in the near future and have no idea what to wear? Some people may show up in crazy costumes while others choose to wear a t-shirt and jeans. No matter what you wear, as long...
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Poems of Another Journey

By Faith Jang The Centerpiece The piece of glass holds the string, A similar fashion to that of a ring. More, there, create new (old) design. Many needed to take time to align. Pieces hold together so fair, so light. Only wonder the sadness and blight. To stay in the manual's...
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Michaela DePrince

In honor of Black History Month, I want to shed light on a lesser known Black dancer. Michaela DePrince is a phenomenal dancer with an incredible story. Michaela was born in Sierra Leone in 1995 during a civil war with the name Mabinty Bangura. From there, she was orphaned as...
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