“You look so pretty!”
“Er- no you.”
That is my overused response to any compliment I receive: simple, curt and self-reflexive.
But, this “simple” response isn’t so simple. It’s...
Good writing is rewriting. But good movies don’t always require remaking.
Disney’s past movies still remain as some of their most iconic across all generations, yet their most recent releases...
From filling their schedules with AP and Honors classes to joining every extracurricular they can find, Dougherty students are known for overburdening themselves for the sake of getting into a selective...
Leaning my head on the car window on a sunny day, and occasionally looking out at the freeway, I didn’t immediately recognize what it was on the shoulders of the freeway. Looking closely for several...
It wasn’t long ago that I realized I kind of missed trick-or-treating. I had never hated it, per se — it was just that I could never come up with a good costume, there was always that one house with...
Mahika Arya, Web Editor in Chief
• October 25, 2021
Dear Reader,
Let it be known that my Indian-ness is defined by my love of samosas.
As the internet blew up about “Never Have I Ever,” one of the first major Netflix shows centered around an...
The narrative surrounding rioting is fairly consistent: it’s unacceptable, discredits your movement and is never a legitimate tool for change. I didn’t have any issues with this sentiment; being anti-violence...
Caring is the hardest part.
Which is ironic, given the outstanding consequences of the alternative.
When I think about the things I care about most—or that trigger the most guilt—I think about...
Schoology: a new website Dougherty Valley High School has now started using to post grades, and receive homework assignments. But as Bea Elisa Roxas, a Dougherty Valley senior, describes it: “it’s...
As I was sitting in bed, scrolling through TikTok, I found numerous videos of teenage girls filming massive SHEIN hauls. Sound familiar? Each haul included at least a hundred and fifty dollars worth of...
It wasn’t until my English teacher had my class read the article “The Truth Behind Indian American Exceptionalism” during a literature unit that I realized Indian history wasn’t just a random mass...
People often protest that the media does not include enough diverse representation, especially of Asian women. But growing up female and Asian, we could argue that we DID, in fact, have representation...
