This article was written by Lonestar Writer Gabrielle Choi
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a well-known short story, written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman about a woman who is prescribed a rest cure and slowly goes insane as she is stuck in her house for weeks. Her husband keeps her in one room, which is covered in the titular yellow wallpaper that she is driven to madness by. When it was first written, it was received as a horror story rather than a feminist piece, but since the 1970’s it’s been widely regarded as a story with a feminist message.
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This article was written by Lonestar Writer Natalie Lehman
If you are an avid reader of this Medium account, which I doubt many of you are, then you would have read an article I wrote after New Year’s Eve 2020. In this article I reviewed the past century’s 20s and how, wait for it, our 20s would be absolutely nothing like it. Here’s when it gets even better, I stated that the 2020’s couldn’t possibly compare because there wasn’t an infectious disease on the loose or an event so catastrophic to so many peoples lives like a war or global…
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Gabrielle Choi
Because of social media, celebrity culture is bigger than ever. The lives of famous people are easily exposed online. With this new ability, celebrities and other prominent figures lose their privacy and their right to make mistakes. Everyone deserves a chance to apologize, even if they are not forgiven. Celebrities make mistakes too, and they should not be torn apart for something small or something from the past that they have learned and grown from. When people are in the public eye, others tend to forget that they are also regular…
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Gabrielle Choi
As everyone knows, Korean culture has been in the spotlight a lot lately. So many aspects of Korean culture are being recognized and enjoyed by people around the world, and I love to see it. For a while when I was younger, I rarely saw Korean media outside of my home, and my schools had little to no Korean people. Now, everyone knows about k-pop and everyone’s seen Parasite. It’s very exciting to see your culture being represented when you never saw it before. However, as my culture is spotlighted, so…
This story was written by Lonestar Writer Stephanie Tang
In honor of Disney’s new release of its most recent Disney Princess movie: Raya and the Last Dragon, and the mystery that is Raya’s fatal flaw — or in Greek terms, a “Hamartia”, a flaw or error in the protagonist, I have decided to take a rundown of every single Disney princess by chronological order of movies and break down what exactly their fatal flaw or flaws were that led to the specific conflict within the movie.
- Snow White
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Natalie Lehman
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I am not an extremist and this is all (well, almost) completely sarcastic.
Global warming isn’t real, carbon emission is good for the environment, the earth really is flat, pouring gas on a fire does put it out and yes, masks don’t actually help stop the spread of Covid. Doctor, I mean, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott lifted the state wide mask mandate, following approximately 6 million administered vaccines going out at a rate of one million per week. …
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Gabrielle Choi
The First Amendment states that religion should not be a deciding factor in lawmaking. Specifically, it is written that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This statement implies that any American citizen should, theoretically, be able to live in the United States without facing any impediment due to their or anyone else’s religious beliefs, and it may seem that way at first glance. However, that is not true, and possibly could never be true.
One big issue influenced by religion is…
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Natalie Lehman
Although, the Wordsworth siblings’ literary pieces crossover in setting and thematic elements, Dorothy Wordsworth stands for more than just her brother’s inspiration through her feminist values and progression as a romantic poet in the 1800s.
Wordsworth’s The Grasmere Journals emphasize her feminist ideals through her solitary time in the Wordsworth cottage in a blooming England. The social standpoint of a woman at the time the journals were being documented, women in general were not supposed to have a voice — let alone a poetic voice unintentionally published in print. Her private…
This article was written by Lonestar Writer Gabrielle Choi
In 2020, COVID-19 spread to the United States and forced everyone into a panic. It may feel like a long time ago, but it was only about a year ago that the first case of coronavirus popped up in the United States. Much of the initial panic has died down, and we have adapted our daily routines to include a few more precautions. However, the pandemic is far from over and its many effects are still being felt.
On March 19, 2020, California became the first state to issue a stay-at-home…
This article is written by Lonestar Writer Stephanie Tang
What I’ve noticed in the behavior of many human beings nowadays is that there is a growing monster behind everyone’s lives that is stress, pressure, and frustration. The journey of severe stress typically begins in high school (or in extreme cases, perhaps even younger). High school students feel a tremendous amount of pressure to get accepted by top, elite colleges. They stress about performing well in school, being the best and earning leadership positions in their extracurriculars, and managing a stable family and social life. …
