Grace Traxler

A girl in a blue shirt in a restaurant.
Author

(she/her/hers)

 

Grace Traxler is a 3rd year double majoring in English and Environmental Thought & Practice. In addition to Iris, she also writes for the Cavalier Daily Arts & Entertainment desk and enjoys singing with the Virginia Women’s Chorus. In her free time, you can probably find her picking up a Roots salad, reading in the UVA gardens, or going for a run.

two orange and yellow figures in the glow of a warm orange sun, one a man sitting and the other a woman standing to his right

Showing Someone Your Favorite Movie

This is what watching the Before trilogy of movies feels like to me, and this is what it feels like to watch them with someone else. 

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small cat

a patchwork of unconditional love

in Lindsey’s words

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a coral-colored figure hugs close a pink colored figure in the woods, with golden light shining through the trees

Guys, Not Everything Is Self-Care

Your money won’t just buy you happiness. No, what we have today is a moral justification– a societal calling to spend money in order to better ourselves.

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interlocking tan curves on an orange background

good things — a list

good thing I know how to be alone
so many people don’t 

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figure in snow

Stuck in Colder Weather

I have always loved winter.

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A library with shades of green, blue and red

The Library

18 year olds everywhere, in every decade, all the same. 

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A girl running

Run With Me Through College

Pulling specific dates and times from my oft-used MapMyRun running app, I rework the statistics collected under “further data” into my own interpretation of the important info: how I felt, where I am in my life now, and where I’m trying to go.

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