Reddit charging for API usage. X/Twitter allowing hate speech and false information to remain on the platform. Ongoing TikTok ban debates. Meta facing a lawsuit from attorney generals in 42 U.S. states on the issue of adolescent safety. Shoot, Facebook’s former Director of Engineering, Arturo Béjar, recently spoke about Meta’s failure to combat sexual harassment …
Miscellaneous
The Real Reasons I Left My NPC Sorority
DISCLAIMER: My experiences pertain to the NPC sororities, which consist of historically White sororities. It is not about any of the MGC or NPHC sororities, which consist of multicultural and historically Black sororities, respectively. If someone were to ask me the question, “What was something that everybody hyped up for you that wasn’t really worth …
The Privileges of Traveling + Not Wearing a Mask During COVID-19 Pandemic
Talking about politics is something I do not do often on my blog. In fact, I love keeping my content lighthearted. Though as I’ve matured and progressed through college and life, my outlook has matured too. Thus, I think I’m gonna start writing about heavier topics more often (but you’ll still see some lightheartedness and …
Cooking (Messy) Dumplings at Home
Oh my word. You were not prepared to see the photo above. Don’t those dumplings look horrific? Okay, I’ll stop. But seriously, the whole dumpling-making process was coming along nicely until I had trouble removing them from the pan. I apologize for not having a photo of them looking nice, but mistakes happen, right? And …
Cooking Homemade Pork Buns and Egg Drop Soup
I don’t recall eating pork buns at any restaurant before. At least not from what I recall. Even so, after seeing an Instagram Reel of TiffyCooks making Pork Buns, I had no choice but to cook some at home! They looked so good, and my taste buds could not leave the thought of having some …
My Experience Cooking Soy Sauce Chicken
As bad as it sounds, I have not seasoned and cooked fresh chicken very much in my life. 99% of the time, I cook frozen, pre-cooked chicken like tenders or something like that. Trying to recreate Soy Sauce Chicken from one of my favorite influencers (I LOVE TiffyCooks, go follow her!) was the first time …
My Experience Baking Homemade Cheese Bourekas
Until recently when I looked at my Instagram Reels timeline, I had never heard of bourekas. But after watching a Reel of them being baked, I knew that I wanted to remake them for myself! It’s interesting that I wanted to try something I knew nothing about, but not only did they look good, they …
My Experience With Getting Braids for the First Time
As shocking as this may sound, I have never had a professional braider do my hair. My mother has done braids on my hair over the years, but only with my real hair, obviously. Don’t ask me about my braiding skills, because I couldn’t braid my own hair even if I was dared to. Embarrassing …
What’s Next for Me? My Future College Career
Over the past couple of weeks, I did what I could to campaign for SGA. I painted a huge rock, held a sign outside, posted a few flyers, and patiently waited while the voting process took place. As it turns out, that didn’t translate to a win. I ran for Freshman Senator with 7 other …
Trying Insomnia Cookies for the First Time
Okay. How lifeless can I be to write an article about eating Insomnia Cookies? Well, am I really lifeless if I’m actually writing? Regardless, I just moved into my college dorm room for the first time, and after celebrating my blog’s birthday, I wanted to commemorate it by getting cookies. It was not a long …