As the evolution of our daily lives and current events destabilize us, it’s important to focus back on ourselves and our mental health. Meditation and yoga are practices that date back to as early as 5000 BCE, but the power and positive effects of these practices in our modern world still help us find inner peace and harmony. It is scientifically proven that yoga and meditation help reduce stress, improve sleeping patterns, and increase self-esteem.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated before her death that her “most fervent wish was that she would not be replaced until the election of a new president.” Despite this, Amy Coney Barrett is the newest supreme court justice. 

You wanna buy a new pair of sneakers tomorrow? Maybe this will make you think twice: according to the Global Slavery Index, more than 40 million people throughout the world are victims of modern-day slavery, with the highest number coming from the African continent as well as countries from Asia: specifically China, India and Bangladesh. The industries situated in these countries are mainly the property and responsibility of brands and investors coming from rich Western countries.

In between binges of Bly Manor and other scary series, Netflix has added something surprisingly unseasonal for your Halloween-time viewing pleasure: A Life on Our Planet, hosted by David Attenborough. A classic, authoritative British accent gently guides viewers from the depths of the ocean to the treetops of the Amazon to the ice plains of the Arctic. Currently, Attenborough is 94 years old, and is able to speak with such clarity and poise that we would otherwise forget his impressive age, were it not the spine of the timeline that this film progresses on.

Everyone loved Sex and the City. Now the same Director, Darren Star, put out a new Netflix series titled Emily in Paris and it seems to have caused a stir for conversation. Not only that, the internet is filled with provocative comments, tweets, and memes about the show. Despite the show not being so well received it is in the Top 10 on the American and the French Netflix. Many viewers, however, claim that the only reason they watch it is because the show is so bad. So what exactly is the issue with Darren Star's new show?

In an era of uncertainty, everyone searches for meaning. Some turn to Fox News, some turn to tarot. I personally think one of those things is a lot of fantasy made up by a bunch of crazy people and the other a completely reliable source of information displayed in cards. Tarot was started in Italy as a card game called tarocchi appropriati, where players would pick cards and write poems based on what they chose. Important families would have special sets of cards made as a show of power and wealth for when their guests would come over to play cards with them.

Living in our little AUP anglosphere, it can be easy to forget we are in a French world. So when, like many college students, we look for a job, it can be limiting. I would say the majority (at one point, myself included) of the student body who have part time jobs are babysitters. As a babysitter you have a wide range of experiences to baking cakes together to screaming at each other in different languages. Okay, maybe not the last one, but something similar. This article is just a few anecdotes from babysitters from AUP. 

What image pops into your head when you think about Paris and cuisine? For most people, I guess that the scent of a freshly baked pain au chocolat or a steaming soupe a l'oignon comes to mind, or maybe some more traditional dishes like coq au vin or confit de canard. The majority of tourists that visit Paris travel thousands of miles to try these classic French mouth-watering recipes.

Some people would categorize me as a pessimist — I would say I’m a realist. Either way, I am not an optimist. Having been raised by my mother, whom I am convinced is one of the biggest optimists on the planet, I tend to remain suspicious of life and plan ahead. However, starting with quarantine, I decided to change my attitude. A global pandemic, a Trump presidency, these were my worst fears … and they had already happened.