A sappy reflection on LSU’s National Championship win. — My earliest memory is the same story as my need for glasses: a careless scratch to the eye at an LSU tailgate party, while I laid on the ground sobbing as boozed old men towered over me, frantically searching for the nearest beverage that wasn’t beer to flush my eyes…

A PSA to teens in regard to our overconsumption of tech. — A few days ago, I sat down to read a novel, an activity that I’ve enjoyed for a large portion of my life. I picked up Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag and was three pages in before I realized that I had my phone in my hand, mindlessly scrolling through…

And it involves white supremacist terrorism. — The nation’s eyes are fixated upon Texas today. Twenty-two people died, and more than two dozen were wounded inside an El Paso Walmart — making this the eighth deadliest mass shooting in American history. The most chilling piece of information available as of now is a four-page manifesto essay (allegedly)…

Men: Women are so insensitive. Stop being such snowflakes! Gillette: Men, we can be better. Men: THAT’S SO INSULTING. ARE YOU GENERALIZING ALL MEN AS CONTRIBUTORS TO TOXIC MASCULINITY? I’M THE BEST I ALREADY CAN BE. BOYCOTT GILLETTE. Gillette released a short film four days ago, and it already…

Moving away from Louisiana — the small adjustments. — My only regret about moving to Texas was leaving behind all of my beloved Cajun traditions and culture. My family and I try to make trips down to Louisiana as often as we can, and because we still have doctors that we have yet to change and friends too close…