UA — Uniquely Aligned

The Name Game

To you with the long name, the unique name, the “foreign name”—make them say it right.

Diaries & EssaysSamantha OpalachJuly 26, 2020Freedom, Say Her Name, Name Game, Foreign Names, ImmigrantsComment

Let’s Talk About Stuff

And I do have that habit of collecting trinkets, yet the one thing I truly hoard is sentimental objects.

Diaries & EssaysRania DawudJuly 23, 2020freedom, essay, writing, diary, memory boc Comment

daphne tune's Music Video "Thinkin on a Mem" is a Surreal Game-show

The Austin-based band’s song will remind you that, although times are strange, it’s still summer, and there are memories to be made.

EntertainmentVivian ChambersJuly 21, 2020Freedom, music, music video, premierComment

Ovbiedo

This poem explores my relationship with my ethnic group as a first generation American, from our troubled history regarding the transatlantic slave trade to my hopeful expectations for my future descendants.

Fiction & PoetryIyo AghedoJuly 13, 2020Freedom, poetryComment

If My Mom Died Today, I Don't Know if I'd Die Tomorrow

My mother is both a blessing and a curse in my life.

Andrea GarciaJuly 11, 2020Comment

Why the Sound of Res’ “How I Do” Remains Unmatched

Res’ career has shown the world that originality will always be one of the best qualities that an artist can offer to their audience.

EntertainmentMaryam MuhammadJuly 11, 2020July, music Comment

Solace and Solitude

This playlist is dedicated to the frustrating dichotomy of living by and with yourself.

EntertainmentChristine LinJuly 9, 2020Freedom, playlist, music, solitudeComment

Ode au Printemps

This project is an ode to Spring, dedicated to those of us who spent days at the window watching this season arrive and leave undisturbed.

Photos & VisualsAlessandra and StefaniaJuly 5, 2020photography, spring, covid, film, film photography, italy, FreedomComment

Roll for Self-Confidence

D&D gave me a bought of self-confidence I didn’t think I could have.

Diaries & EssaysShelby EdisonJune 30, 2020Dungeons and dragons, D&D, June, juneComment

Say Yes

This is a letter to all those who recognize my words the way they recognize their limbs. . . . You’ve been carrying this for too long. I see you. It was never your fault.

Diaries & EssaysAngela LanuzaJune 29, 2020JuneComment

Don't Be a Stranger

Poetry dedicated to the victims of injustice every day.

Fiction & PoetryBrooklynn FloydJune 26, 2020poetry, black lives matter, white privelege, racism, june, JuneComment

Losing Touch With the Mundane

So why, when I have the time, can I not seem to put my phone down and experience the wonderfully mundane moments that I pine after so fervently on a screen?

Diaries & EssaysTuri SiosonJune 21, 2020June Comment

Bestfriends with Empty Spaces

Perhaps, we hold on because we’re afraid of who we are when we forget.

Diaries & EssaysAngela LanuzaJune 20, 2020June Comments

That Awkward Moment

A Love Letter to Dork Diaries and Embarrassment

Diaries & EssaysBailey BujnosekJune 19, 2020June Comments

The Trees

Fiction & PoetryOlivia OlsonJune 18, 2020JuneComment

An Allergy to Affection

Now that we are in a state of emotional bankruptcy, any tangible form of genuine connection is currency meant to counter the isolation and alienation we are bound to feel.

Diaries & EssaysAngel MartinezJune 17, 2020JuneComment

The Revolution Will Be Heard Through the Airwaves

Whether it be times of uncertainty or triumph, music has always been there to see us through until the very end.

Diaries & EssaysMaryam MuhammadJune 16, 2020June, social justice, societyComment

Tigertail and a Culturally-Confused Taiwanese

The American teenagers got Lady Bird, the Chinese-Americans got The Farewell, my Malaysian and Singaporean friends got Crazy Rich Asians, and was it really so wrong for me to want something too?

EntertainmentYong-Yu HuangJune 11, 2020JuneComment

Catching the Chameleon in Action

I’m trying to remember that not knowing someone’s favorite band wouldn’t be the end of my world, nor would it ruin my shot at friendship. I’m trying to follow a new script now, one that requires much less acting.

Diaries & EssaysAndrea Mikaela LlanesJune 10, 2020June Comment

Female Rage

The purpose of this playlist became twofold: to support female artists and to extinguish my own internalized misogyny.

EntertainmentCorinne LangmuirJune 9, 2020JuneComment