Who’s the man and who’s the woman in your relationship? As a woman who has been in a relationship with other female-identifying individuals, I have been asked some form of this gendered question several times. Isn’t the absence of a male-identifying individual in a lesbian relationship the whole point of a lesbian relationship? After comingContinue reading “Who Wears the Pants in Your Relationship? Homonormativity Explained”
Author Archives: Eliana Jacobsen
Tackling the Professional Email
We’ve all done it. We’ve all sent that painstakingly crafted novel of an email to notify a professor of an absence and received a terse response in the ever-dreaded form of “K,” usually followed by the “sent from my iPhone” tag. Although professors have the right to be as aloof as they want to whenContinue reading “Tackling the Professional Email”
How to Write a College Essay in Less Than 2 Hours Like a 4.0 Pre-Law Student
Over the course of my education I have figured out that what I lack in STEM skills, I make up for in writing. I began my journalist career well within my prime; the 7th grade. Since then, I have enjoyed a lengthy stint on my high school’s yearbook staff, ran around the city reporting forContinue reading “How to Write a College Essay in Less Than 2 Hours Like a 4.0 Pre-Law Student”
6 Must-Visit Fall Spots in Chicago; Pandemic Edition
None of us could have imagined we would be spending Halloween under another lockdown. However, with the State of Illinois reporting the largest 24 hour spike of new COVID-19 cases since March, its time to begin making plans to hunker down in front of a horror film and a bucket of store bought candy. TheContinue reading “6 Must-Visit Fall Spots in Chicago; Pandemic Edition”
On Negative Feedback; How to Handle Bad Reviews
I had just finished one of the hardest conference calls of my college career when I sat down to write this blog post. We had sent our client the first rounds of social media posts the previous day as per the creative service requests, and I was on the verge of throwing in the towelContinue reading “On Negative Feedback; How to Handle Bad Reviews”
How to Navigate Online School During a National Pandemic
By now United Statians have come to the unfortunate understanding that we are going to be living with this pandemic for the foreseeable future no matter what side of the political spectrum you belong to. I laugh at the naïveté with which I approached the finale of last semester, even going so far as toContinue reading “How to Navigate Online School During a National Pandemic”
3 Ways in which RBG Revolutionized the Workplace for Women
If you know anything about the communications and PR industry, then you know that it’s professionals are predominantly women. When I logged into my required Digital Marketing course for my PR minor for the first time a couple weeks ago and found that 95% of the small faces staring back at me on the screenContinue reading “3 Ways in which RBG Revolutionized the Workplace for Women”