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By David Doswell via the Interintellect (This article first appeared on David’s website.) “I am on my fourth Twitter account, if I recall correctly. This means I have deleted my Twitter account more than three times, if you were looking for another reason to delete this tab and log

This essay first appeared on Mashal Waqar’s personal Substack. “ Between navigating complexities around culture and identity, you sometimes forget who you are. Who are you, really? An amalgamation. Of the exchanges and conversations that happen around you. The conversations and questions, and the underlying unspoken nuances. The subtleties and

This essay first appeared on Frankie Nicoletti’s personal Medium. “You can’t outsmart roulette.” “I’m a millennial and I have attempted to optimize every single aspect of my life at least once. I am a Type A personality, a self-identified East Coaster. I’m the person who tries

This response essay first appeared on Rachel Haywire’s personal Medium. “No matter what is occurring in your life, always remember that you have an inner Grace that cannot be tainted. Nobody can take that away from you.” “During my annual holiday depression last year, I remember coming across a

Building Our Collective Memory of COVID-19 By Alex Yao for the Interintellect Groups are being formed now that will be strengthened by the memory of shared crisis and struggle. And we will never forget the conversations that we will have in these moments. On Saturday, March 14, 2020 we hosted

Gods, humans, happiness — The video of ‘Despacito’ is a Campbellian masterpiece By Anna Gát Between January and August 2017, the music video of the Puerto Rican pop hit Despacito — by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee — was viewed three billion times on YouTube. Today the count is up to six and

Why you probably belong to an inter-intellect and why this matters By Anna Gát Everybody thinks their life is weird. Most of us are right. My own brand of weird was taking more and more personal risks as my life evolved into full-blown adulting. As everyone else seemed to be