Letter from the Editor: Put your mind and your grind to it
By ELLIANA KOPUT
In 2017, an Instagram motivational speaker by the name of Amber Wagner, or “justlbby,” posted a video.
The dialogue has haunted my reality ever since.
“You!” Wagner smacks her lips. “You are the motherfucking shit! You are great! You are magnificent! You can do whatever you wanna do in this world!”
This video surfaced in my life during a time of lucid self-doubt, a feeling each of us knows all too well.
From all-nighters spent completing previously procrastinated homework assignments, to wading through the murky waters of minimum-wage service jobs, today’s young people are often overlooked as true warriors.
As many Gen Z-ers can agree, social media has become a tool for emotional coping, and its archives will one day be analyzed sociologically.
Today’s memes an...