We are not our grades, and this format of online learning is a reminder of that, says Aarushi Phalke PO ’24.
Tag: Self-Care
The downbeat: How to use music to feel less alone and anxious during social distancing
Music columnist Ella Boyd SC ’21 compiles an exhaustive list of ways to use music to your benefit while social distancing, whether through creating, sharing or listening to it.
OPINION: I am literally begging you to chill out
Pomona College students are over-stressed and lack the resources to thrive – they need to take some time to chill out.
OPINION: Loving yourself is the best way to fight capitalism
By loving yourself without falling prey to giving money to the beauty industry, you can fight capitalism and feel good about who you are.
OPINION: Why Lizzo did what Meghan Trainor couldn’t
Lizzo has strongly impacted body positivity. Unlike Meghan Trainor, she uplifts women of color and refuses to give in to the male gaze.
Reflexive: How I had to fall apart to start taking care of myself
Relationships columnist Micaela Macagnone PO ’20 writes about her semester abroad in Madrid and sobering return home after her father’s passing. She reflects on how she found self care amidst grief: “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day we moved — lying on my bedroom floor, with the sun shining through the windows onto the furniture-less wood floor, sobbing while trying my absolute hardest to remember the look of the ceiling, walls and floors.”
‘People are just people’: Musician Todrick Hall on self-love and social media
In an era of social media, relatability and self-branding, Todrick Hall just wants us to be ourselves.
Opinion: Beneath the Face Mask, Self-Care has Public, Political Power
A bubble bath, a vanilla-lavender candle, and a face mask. Or perhaps a yoga class followed by a trip to the nearest Starbucks (what is pumpkin-spice but the purest form of nourishment to the soul?) Ah, yes. Self-care. Notably, self-care dates back to roots more deeply connected to the worlds