Author: Olivia Ralston

For my chosen text for my midterm, I am choosing the song Karma by AJR. This song is important to me because to me it is a great representation of how it feels to be living with anxiety. It also speaks towards pressure and delayed gratification, and how sometimes the reward isn’t what we wanted.… Continue reading Reading Journal 5 – Olivia Ralston

So for my song, I selected American Idiot by Green Day. The genre of the song is alternative rock, and this genre is often defined by absolute BANGER guitar with dark lyrics over high temp music. This song does follow these conventions however, this song makes a strong political statement, which is not endemic to… Continue reading Prompt 3 – Olivia Ralston

Sometimes we drug ourselves with dreams of new ideas. The head will save us. The brain alone will set us free. But there are no new ideas still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten ones, new combinations, extrapolations and recognitions from within ourselves, along… Continue reading Prompt 2 – Olivia Ralston

Hi everyone! My name is Olivia Ralston, and my pronouns are she/her. I am a senior who is double majoring in Psychology and Chemistry. I am originally from Dayton, Ohio, and I have two younger siblings. I love cats and spend way too much time on the internet watching YouTube and other types of content.… Continue reading Olivia Ralston