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Bittersweet Holidays: My First Lunar New Year Away from Home

By: Madison Mercado February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

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Repost of my article published for Her Campus BU on February 19, 2021. You can read it on their website here too. As expected, moving 3,000 miles away from home for college means that you are going to miss a lot of family time. With that, you also miss many family holiday celebrations. The Lunar New…

A Step into the Recent Past: HBO Max’s Locked Down Review

By: Madison Mercado February 20, 2021

Film Reviews from your Average Jane Doefilm review, hbo max, locked down, movies, pandemicLeave a Comment

A Film Review from your Average Jane Doe No. 2 Watching HBO Max’s new movie, Locked Down, felt like entering a time machine to the past, but the past was only less than a year ago and we’re still living through that same ~unprecedented~ time. Spoilers Ahead! If you haven’t watched this movie and care…

Starting the new semester right.

By: Madison Mercado February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

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Amidst my first New England winter, the spring semester has begun. It is very cold and snowy in Boston, and it’s the first time I’ve experienced single-digit temperatures outside. That was how I spent my first week. (AND a Nor’easter is coming in later today, which could end up being the most snow I’ve ever…