Orange is the New Not Sexy
Read time: 3 minutes If you ever find yourself needing to wean off women, try watching a few episodes of Orange is the New Black. Netflix will do you so good with its own new TV series. By the end of...
View ArticleA Rhetorical Analysis of Drake’s “Hold On”
Read time: 3 minutes I don’t have enough feelings to enjoy Drake songs but every now and then, I find myself not changing the station. I like the song “Hold On”. In fact, I sang along the very first...
View ArticleLove in the Time of BBQ
Read time: 4 minutes. Let me provide you with the most picturesque 70 minutes of my life in an oil-city, boomtown. I arrive for work at a place that looks like life post-apocalypse: some bulidings date...
View ArticleFalling in Love with Internet Personalities
Read time: 6 minutes Every minute I spent writing this included moments to acknowledge that “god, I’m being so weird.” I used to not understand celebrity crushes. I never strung boy band posters on my...
View ArticleSexy Friendship Hazing at Korean Spas
Read time: 4 minutes One of my oldest girl friends and I went to a Korean spa on Sunday. If you’re unfamiliar with the Korean + Spa duo in a sentence, here’s summary: the spas are open 24 hours and you...
View ArticleWhen You Know, Good Luck.
This is a guest post by Sara Mahmood, a fourth year dental student and one of my greatest friends who is obviously multi-faceted and now I need to go find more hobbies. Read time 7 minutes “Mom can you...
View ArticleAn Analysis of the Song “Tuesday”, the Tale of ILOVEMAKONNEN’s Pre-Fame Drug...
Read time: 4 minutes Makonnen Sheran , street name iLoveMakonnen, is now a hip-hop artist from Atlanta. He rose to fame in 2014 after having Drake remix his life’s song “Tuesday“. This song is more...
View ArticleOn Fish Sauce and Tolerance
Read time: 4 minutes Trips to ethnic grocery stores and markets started early for me. The second time I went to the Chinese store with my parents, I knew to brace my lungs for the heavy stench of...
View ArticleTop Five Things I Can’t Live Without This Season
Read time 3 minutes #1 Industrial Donut Machine I get donuts about 3 – 4 times a week and it was time I finally invested in a great donut maker. This one will pay for itself in 47 years so I’m...
View ArticleFetty Wap’s, “Trap Queen” : Visionary Life Lessons for Young Adults
Read time: 3 minutes In the past few months, this song has gained a lot of replay on the radio but few have given it the full credit it deserves. On second listen, you’ll come to find that Trap Queen’s...
View ArticleMusic Monday
Read & Listen Time: 15 minutes I am starting a new music series for MyGrowlery: Music Mondays (playlist below). The alliteration is absolutely necessary. Each post will be thematic, with both old...
View ArticleMusic Monday
Listen & Read Time: 13 minutes This week’s theme: Sinister Songs & Their Literary Counterparts When there are no words, music is what gets us through it all. But sometimes I hear a song and it...
View ArticleMusic Monday
Read & Listen Time: 15 minutes This week’s theme: Cool Covers “Hold On We’re Going Home” – Drake, covered by ASTR Artist: ASTR / Genre: Electric R&B / Similar Artists: Keiza, Broods I may have...
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