Grace Traxler

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Grace Traxler graduated in 2026. She majored in in English and Environmental Thought & Practice.

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A sketch of a cartoon woman over a Youtube Playlist titled "pink pill." The title of the video is "Detach to Attract."

This, my fellow girls, is how to be the perfect woman.

A picture of the 126 things to do before we graduate poster.

If college is supposed to be a time for figuring out what to do with the rest of our lives, how should we spend our summer break?

A poster advertising an audition for a production of King Lear.

"King Lear auditions will now be held in Drama B06, NOT 301! We can't wait to see you!" Heart emoji. Kiss emoji. Moon emoji. 

Picture of a bouquet sitting on a seat on the train

Something about the air today reminded him of the dark seasons of college, the blurry period of time between January and the beginning of March when every week sped by because every day felt the exact same.

pumpkin bread cut into slices

Caroline stepped in the slush again and swore.

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

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. 

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

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.

interlocking tan curves on an orange background

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

figure in snow

I have always loved winter.

A library with shades of green, blue and red

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

A girl running

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.