How to Be an Amateur
You should be doing something for pleasure, and you should be kind of bad at it.
Rylan Shewmaker (‘21) calls herself a geographer, though none of her degrees substantiate this. After growing up in Texas and studying in Grand Rapids, she moved to Brussels, Belgium, for her master’s degree in urban studies. She still lives in Brussels and works for a housing non-profit. She enjoys audiobooks, bike commuting, sunny days, and learning new things.
The Church We Build
As someone drawn to haphazardness in my organized religion, I was charmed.
A Road Trip Podcast Cure for the Winter Blues
When Scott, Drew, Rosi, and Jane finally arrive at the finish line, I felt as if I’d completed something of significance myself.
Vive la Libération
I somehow want to “succeed” in my social interactions. Oldest daughter syndrome claims another victim.
Song of myself featuring charli xcx
Contrarianism is in a way innately consumptive—you take something in, and you become the opposite of it.
Spectral Tourism
I felt as if I’d come unmoored from reality, these quiet paths and dark woods so different from the bustling and meticulously-planned city streets upon which I lived my life.
Flavors of a Post-Film Fog
Punchy and riotous on first taste, it leaves a surprising and persistent note of ontological questioning.
This Dry Homemade Tofurkey is Sacred
I can join the response to “Le seigneur soit avec toi” with “et avec votre esprit.”
