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The Gracie Guide: A Guide to Our Peak Parasocial Era
As the U.S. government debates a Supreme Court ban on TikTok, I find myself scrolling through my For You Page, caught between two...
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Jan 303 min read
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The Glamorization of Retail Therapy
By Gracie Watkins With the fall season coming to an end, the day after Thanksgiving heralds the start of the Christmas season. Black...
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Dec 3, 20242 min read
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The Gracie Guide: Looking for Love Bombing
I recently rediscovered Romeo and Juliet  in my Shakespeare class (I know. I don’t know why I did that to myself), and upon a second,...
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Nov 19, 20242 min read
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The Gracie Guide: A Guide to Our Vices
My longest relationship has been with my vape. At first, this chemical romance felt like some sort of performance, a cosplay of my Greek...
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Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Scared of my Pencil
Gracie Watkins When I was in eighth grade, I made a checklist of traits I wanted in my future boyfriend. It was a rather short list,...
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Oct 17, 20243 min read
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The Gracie Guide: A Guide to Getting out of State College
By Gracie Watkins One of the best things about living in a bustling college town is, well, leaving it. From classes, to homework, to...
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Oct 2, 20242 min read
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The Gracie Guide: A Girls Guide to all Things Football
By: Gracie Watkins While, we are an academic school somewhere, buried deep in our closets behind our gold rimmed bar carts, Penn State is...
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Oct 1, 20242 min read
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The Gracie Guide: A Guide to the Good ‘Ole College Hookup Culture
By: Gracie Watkins Once upon a time, a young girl from some small Pennsylvania town came to Penn State. Her name? Let’s call her Madison....
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Sep 19, 20243 min read
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