Cassie Dallas

Cassie Dallas
Author

(she/her/hers)

Cassie is a fourth year majoring in English in the Area Program for Poetry Writing. In her work, she is interested in exploring queer love and deconstructing beauty standards. When she isn’t writing, you can find her watching the Oscar award winning film Ratatouille (2008), searching for a cat to befriend, and going to Flux open mics. 

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He didn’t want to play, but you pressured him.

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Five Ways to Remain Engaged and Keep Your Hope Alive

constellations of the perseid family

it starts with a star. 

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She’s mysterious, gothic, and has a taste for human blood. Oh, and she’ll probably steal your girl, unless Netflix kills her first.

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In our wide-ranging conversation, we discuss our favorite Spencer poetry and scholarship, Tessa’s path to becoming involved in the exhibition, and debunk some misconceptions about Anne Spencer’s work! 

Enslaved laborers behind the columns of the Rotunda.

There are many things that white students like me will never have to think about while attending a PWI. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t think about them. 

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Favorites day can happen however much you need it, and it can be whatever you want. Wear your favorite clothes, even if they don’t match. Do all the small things that make you happy.

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It might seem “obvious” to Eryn that she wouldn’t get the prestigious internship, but anyone familiar with her work knows she’s going places.

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Start with a mantra. And a mirror. 

The same words, daily. 

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Did you know that everyone in the world is different from everyone else? It’s 2001 and Disney Channel just discovered race.

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Gay Christmas, or bitches Christmas, was a queer Halloween parade born in Philadelphia in the 1950s, in response to the