Category: Alyssa Luongo
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Boys (I’ve Loved) as Types of Wine
Written By Emma Florez Art By Alyssa Luongo *Names of Champlain students have been changed to names from “Thank U, Next” to protect their iden(titties)* Caleb was my first love. He was sangria, all bubbles and sweetness. Our love shone red like the wine in my white cup, our eyes…
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The “Gone Girl” Dichotomy
Written By: Zoe Leone Art By: Alyssa Luongo Amy Dunne is a seemingly picturesque literary character. When we first met Amy, she’s perfect. Perfect blonde hair, perfect willowy frame, perfect privileged background. She’s a damsel in distress; her marriage started out like a fairytale, but has turned into an abusive…
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Skate Park Fun
Written By: Emma Florez Art By: Alyssa Luongo You know that fragile state you’re in when someone rejects you where you are liable to do just about anything? This was the state I found myself in one early fall night at the skatepark. Everyone was running up the ramps, but…
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Life Writing
Written By: Akilah Doty Art By: Izzy Dickey Recently I saw a tweet reading, “You have your whole life to be a minority sis, go to an HBCU.” I giggled to myself. I couldn’t help but get it. Despite the choices of my excited peers, I was looking into PWI’s…
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Why “You” is Television’s Most Important Trash
Written by: Eric Banks Art by: Alyssa Luongo What words would you use to describe your typical romance movie? While many would label this genre as heartwarming, sweet, or romantic, a growing majority has started to call these films problematic. For years, people have been accusing films like Twilight and…
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Dear Positive Mindset: Get Off My Dick
Written by: Cat Butrick Art by: Alyssa Luongo I’m fucking tired of being positive. I’m tired of trying to find the silver lining of every situation. I’m definitely tired of being the rational and optimistic person in every argument. I want to be angry. I want to drop my ice…
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A Brief History of Sex and Self Confidence
Written By: Rebecca Laufer Art By: Izzy Dickey *Names have been changed* “ugh why am i so ugly?” I text Emily. “rebecca that’s not true at all. i don’t know who put that in your head, but it needs to get out.” When I was in fifth grade, a…
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A Scorpio Trying to Understand Emotions
Written by: “James” Art by: Alyssa Luongo When we leave home, we leave our family. We leave our “pack” so to speak. And with that, we become lonely as a result of the loss of that deep close physical connection that was always there. That loneliness never really goes…
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Facebreaker
Written by: Nicholas Perell Art by: Alyssa Luongo Friday, February 22nd, 2019 C.E., 7:12 A.M. I woke up that morning to someone else’s alarm. I don’t know why one of my roommates had an alarm set for 7:12 A.M. instead of 7:15 A.M., but mine was for 7:15 A.M.…
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Jamesventures: A Tale From Vegas
Written by: “James” Art by: Alyssa Luongo Wuddup wuddup Chiv readers, It’s ya boi James here. Ya know my main place of being is Cyber Security and the overall tech scene but I was coerced into being right here. The whole writing scene for a small college webzine. It’s so…
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