Alix Braun

Employers Buy Into Millennial Ghosting Culture

By Alix Braun | April 11, 2018

According to the Oxford dictionary, ghosting is defined as the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication. (Yes, ghosting is now an official term in the dictionary – one of our generation’s many accomplishments alongside avocado toast and sushi burritos.) As a frequent user of…

Why I’m Eating This Yom Kippur

By Alix Braun | September 28, 2017

Throughout college, I struggled with an eating disorder. In many ways, it first manifested itself during Yom Kippur freshman year. From there, it was a downward spiral into self-hatred, an obsession with calories, and compensatory cardio. Four Yom Kippurs in a row, I fasted too easily. The challenge was not for me to abstain from…