UNREAL
BeReal and other new photo sharing social media apps are trying to cater to young people’s appetite for realness. They’re having the opposite effect.
Sofia Barnett is a sophomore at Brown University pursuing a BA in history and English nonfiction writing. In addition to writing for her college newspaper, The Brown Daily Herald, and serving as activism editor for the Ivy League’s leading political journal, The Brown Political Review, Sofia's work has been featured in Wired.com and other publications.
LOST GENERATION
Being a first-generation, low-income student has been an eye-opening experience—not least in finding out how many of my FGLI peers are actually children of privilege.