This post was updated May 18 at 10:32 p.m.
I didn’t realize how socially valuable long hair was until I had none to hide behind.
Now, years after that initial cut, I can feel my long hair running past my shoulders, protecting me from the social scrutiny women are often unwittingly subjected to.

Editor’s note: The following letter was written in response to the Opinion column “Embracing biracial identity through resilience, strength of female ancestors” by Mia Burzminski.
As a half-Chinese, half-white student in high school, I really connected with this article.

This post was updated May 20 at 4:32 p.m.
Being bombarded with fliers and tempted with $2 pastries on Bruin Walk is a daily occurrence. On the morning of April 24, something was different.

This post was updated May 15 at 11 p.m.
The atmosphere shifts when someone hears that I’m majoring in English. Without fail, the next words to cascade from their lips are, “Why would you willingly choose to read so much for class?”
Their reasoning is that reading is not entertaining – at least not to the degree it was when our books had pictures.

This post was updated May 11 at 7:47 p.m.
Many years ago, I took the entrance exam to pursue graduate studies in my birth country, Iran.

This post was updated May 11 at 7:44 p.m.
Editor’s Note: The following article contains mentions of sexual assault.
I was dead sober at my first fraternity party.

The White House has operated a unified government since President Donald Trump’s January inauguration.
With Republican majorities in the United States House of Representatives and the U.S.