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(02/19/18 1:24pm)
At the age of seven, I visited my home country, Sudan, where most people are dark–skinned. Before then, I never thought much of my dark skin. I saw it as an organ everybody had. I met my cousins for the first time. The first thing I noticed was the ashy, light brown color of their faces. Their arms were darker than mine yet their faces were almost as light as the sand we stood on. Later, I found out they used a bleaching cream because lighter skin is seen as more beautiful. At a young age, I was taught that my dark skin wasn’t considered beautiful even by those who looked like me. Since then, I started feeling insecure about all my brown parts: dark skin, big lips, and most importantly, my hair.
(02/19/18 1:39pm)
Gucci Mane has more to celebrate this week than his 38th birthday—which he declared the holiday of “National Guwop Day”—two days ago. The Atlanta–based rapper’s memoir, subtly entitled The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, is now being adapted for the silver screen.
(02/15/18 2:17pm)
Drew Stone (E ‘17) entered the world of Bitcoin in 2013, before most self–identifying financial experts. Purchasing his first bitcoins wasn’t a shrewd market calculation. He was a senior in high school, and he bought $200 worth of Bitcoin because a website offered 20% off an XBOX video gaming system with the purchase.
(02/19/18 2:35pm)
It's hard to enter a party on campus without seeing little blue dots of light, Juuls glowing as users take hits from the device. There are echoes of “Hey, can I take a hit?” as the Juul is passed from person to person. These slim and small contraptions resemble USB sticks more than e–cigarettes. They're discrete enough to fit in a sweatshirt sleeve, sleek enough to grab the group’s attention, and use nicotine–filled cartridges called Juul Pods. The Juul became a popular smoking option in 2015 and was marketed as a smoking cessation device—it would deliver the nicotine that cigarette addicts required without the harsh chemicals in cigarettes.
(02/19/18 1:41pm)
One of my favorite biological anomalies is a medical condition known as synesthesia. People with this condition associate one sense with a different one. To give an example, the smell of lilacs may make a person think of the color blue, for no particular reason at all. It usually appears in intriguing characters of novels as a way to make them more connected with the world around them, but it’s also prevalent among creatives. Though I am not on this plane of existence, I still think there are ways to have different senses compliment one another. One of my recent endeavors into this area recently has been an exploration into combinations of some of my favorite foods with certain songs. Through these sensory experiments, I hope to make each, both song and food, greater than they are alone. Let’s get weird.
(02/14/18 2:21am)
This essay was selected as the 3rd place submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/13/18 2:00pm)
This essay was selected as an honorable mention submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/14/18 2:11am)
This essay was selected as the 2nd place submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/14/18 1:12am)
This essay was selected as the winning submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/13/18 1:40pm)
This essay was selected as an honorable submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/13/18 6:27am)
Truthfully, I’m not sure I’m in the same place right now, but I’ll let you know if things change. Hope you have an awesome summer! See ya.
(02/12/18 4:39am)
This essay is a selected submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/12/18 5:59am)
This essay is a selected submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/13/18 1:45pm)
This essay was selected as an honorable mention submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/12/18 5:35am)
This essay is a selected submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/12/18 5:56am)
This essay is a selected submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/12/18 5:26am)
This essay is a selected submission from Street's Love Issue personal narrative contest. Read some of our other favorite pieces here and look out for new pieces as we publish them throughout the week!
(02/19/18 2:33pm)
When I was 15, I was scouted by a modeling agency. Not for my beauty, but instead because I looked young for my age and was more mature than the 12–year–olds I’d be competing against for space in Gap Kids ads. Until my dad shook some sense into me, I was ready to give up six hours every weekend to attend casting calls just so I could be on a Lands’ End billboard.
(02/15/18 1:26pm)
We've all been there before. You wake up feeling like today's gonna be a great day, but reality comes in and gives you a curveball. It could be a rough exam, a breakup, or a bad day at the gym. It could even be something small, like getting cold called in lecture when you have no clue what's going on. Whatever the cause, there are lots of reasons why your confidence might need a little pick–me–up. If you're looking for some uplifting hip–hop full of self–confidence, Street's got you covered. Just remember The World Is Yours, and sometimes you just gotta make sure to Keep Ya Head Up.
(02/14/18 3:17am)
You’re not crazy if you hear Daniel Caesar’s “Best Part” and feel a sudden urge to fall in love. While some songs stimulate greater feelings than others, the scientific tie between music and emotions, such as love, is very real. Hearing music produces a litany of internal neurological processes, unlocking various emotional experiences.
