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Karigan is a Maryland-based freelance writer using her editorial space as an opportunity to explore new and old ideas, topics of social progress, lifestyle, and the arts. In her free time, she writes prose and personal narratives, exploring her own experiences with body image, relationships, and trauma.
With her minor in Music History and Culture, her college music classes have only encouraged her love for music.
Whether she's writing about the arts, personal experiences, or anything else that may be thrown her way, she tackles each piece with passion and interest, ready to learn.
Karigan is a graduate of Emerson College, with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. She double minored in Music History & Culture and Journalism.
TED Talks are a great resource for gathering information and hearing stories from diverse communities. Here are four TED Talks to inspire your creativity.
CONTENT WARNING: This piece discusses topics like body image and mental health, which may be distressing for some readers. I remember sitting on the heels of my soccer cleats at an evening summer practice when I was 10. The grass tickled...
The case of 303 Creative LLC v Elenis although decided, is an ongoing issue as the LGBTQIA community continues to be marginalized.
Folk-pop singer Liz Bills ' newest alt-pop single, "Wi-Hi," touches on mental health suffering through social media addiction. Though acknowledging it might not look like what many think addiction looks like, she believes it's an "attached to our hips addiction." This past Friday, Bills dropped the official music video for "Wi-Hi."
Vocalist-guitarist, teacher, and arts inclusion activist Sarah Fard (of Savoir Faire) is challenging musician stereotypes one event at a time. Fard will be hosting A Guitarist Is on May 12th at The Burren in Somerville, MA. The event aims to recognize diversity in the music industry while showing an audience who and what a guitarist can be.
by Karigan Wright Sixteen-year-old Sibylle Baier sat in her living room in Germany in 1973, just a young woman, her guitar, and a reel-to-reel machine. She recorded fourteen short tunes over three years, creating a thirty-three-minute long album which she titled "Colour Green".
by Karigan Wright When L.A. needed musicians, The Wrecking Crew was called. Most people are familiar with The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Crystals, Simon and Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, and The Mamas & The Papas. However, people are rarely familiar with the names; Hal Braine, Carol Kaye, and Tommy Tedesco; the heroes often uncredited on famous albums of pop stars we know well.
It's officially spooky season, and that means our FYP is spamming us with Halloween content. Our fave part? All things whimsigothic! And our fave teenage witch, Sabrina Spellman, is the inspo you need to create your own whimsigothic bedroom. When...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and associated trauma commonly reside in the amygdala, where emotion and fear dwell. The memory of the trauma takes residence in the body, acting as a protective mechanism, all while preventing the trauma from being completed and processed.