Carlina Scalf

The center can no longer hold. Since the October 2017 allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein broke, an ongoing conversation about sexual assault in the workplace has come to the forefront of the national psyche. The #MeToo and #TimesUp …

In the summer of 2012, then-16-year-old LeiLei Secor decided to start selling jewelry on Etsy as a last-ditch effort at summer employment. By December, she was in the process of buying a brand-new 2013 car in cash. Almost six years later, her Etsy …

If you’re looking for the next best show about adult relationships to fill the “Friends”-sized hole in your heart, stop your search with Netflix’s “Lovesick.” The British sitcom, originally bearing the unfortunate title “Scrotal Recall,” has been …

When Hoda Kotb was announced as Matt Lauer’s official replacement for the co-anchor position of the “Today” show on Jan. 2, I literally jumped for joy. It wasn’t just because her promotion was historic — it marked the first time the morning show has …

The new year has arrived! Whether your 2017 was good, bad or somewhere in between, the new year offers a chance for reflection on the past and renewal for the future. New Year’s resolutions are, of course, a perennial way to distill this feeling of …

On any given day, Peter Champelli could be shooting video of a live news event, designing motion graphics for a non-profit or putting together the perfect radio story package. All are part of his daily life as a sophomore emerging media major at …

In terms of current events, it’s been a long, eventful year: the first year of the Trump presidency, the national explosion of sexual harassment #MeToo stories and ongoing debates about net neutrality, healthcare and global warming, amongst many …

If you’re a college student, you know that tuition is anything but cheap. The cost of college is only rising, and with that rising price comes market competition. As in any other industry, colleges and universities have to compete with one another …

Though one distinguished guest was missing from the celebration, previews from the December 3 taping of the 40th Kennedy Center Honors show all signs that the party went joyously on. Since 1978, the organization has recognized five individuals each …

Like many college students, Upasna Barath has questions: Is it okay to be a romantic? How do you find what you’re passionate about? How do you know if your crush likes you? Unlike many college students, Barath doesn’t endlessly ponder her questions …

Within the first ten minutes of “Lady Bird,” the film’s title character, Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, throws herself out of a moving car to get away from an argument with her mother about college. The act is symbolic of the ensuing struggle she …

I’ve loved romances all my life. “When Harry Met Sally,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Pretty Woman”—name a romantic comedy and I’ve seen it. But as I grew up (and got my heart broken), I began to wonder if I should give up on the genre. While I still …

In 2006, the world was first introduced to Taylor Swift on her self-titled album—a twangy, bona-fide country record—about high school hopes and heartbreaks. Over ten years later, Swift’s newly released “Reputation” couldn’t sound farther from that …

The final weeks of fall semester can drag on and on. The days are short and dark, the study sessions seem unending and the will of motivation begins to run very thin. On top of the demands of finals week, the cold weather often drives everyone inside …

This November won’t just bring the start of the holiday season; it also marks the beginning of a movement that writers everywhere—young, old, professional, amateur—collectively take part of in the name of creativity. National Novel Writing Month, or …

Halloween: The time to dress up as someone new, over-indulge on sweet treats (candy, alcohol or otherwise) and have fun facing your darkest fears. Sometimes, however, the fear part of Halloween can get to be a little too much, especially if it comes …

“Thankfully, I have never gone to a Halloween party where I’ve bumped up against, well, myself.” This is how Monica Lewinsky started off a frank column for Vanity Fair in 2015 about the experience of watching herself becoming a Halloween …

Last year, when my creative writing class got on the topic of feminism, I became aware of a few facts. The first was that many of my male peers did not understand the complexity or core message of feminism. The second was that, even though I felt I …

Warning: spoilers ahead! If you happened to be scrolling through Twitter on the evening of Sept. 26, you were bound to notice many posts sporting a little tissue box next to a trending hashtag, #ThisIsUs, and endless crying memes from the overwhelmed …

Even years later, I can still remember the pure, unadulterated fear I felt on my (second) first day of high school after transferring from an all-girls school to a co-ed one my sophomore year. Walking down the hallway, I was hit by the distinct smell …