A Simpler Time
Photo by Niko Navalta By Ryland McGinniss & Niko Navalta Niko: This comic depicts that classic parent-child relationship where the child is in their rebellious phase. However, instead of chastising them, the parent is reminded of their own rebellious arc and looks back with fondness. Ryland: This comic reminds me of the storyline I wish I grew…
The Unlikely Teen Idol: Characters We Love to Root For
By Ash Fuentes, Ahri Vi, Ryland McGinniss, Jennifer Prewitt, Aidan Hurley, Tracy Fuentes, Kleigh Balugo As teens, our favorite characters weren’t always the squeaky clean and put together ones. A lot of times we find ourselves rooting for the underdog— the loners, outcasts, and weirdos. They might come from rough backgrounds or even make questionable…
Girls Just Want to Have Autonomy
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Ryland McGinniss What do To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and The Notebook have in common? Well, they’re both book-to-movie love stories cemented in the rom-com genre. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before definitely is more of a Gen Z read, while The Notebook is iconic for millennials.…
10 Love Songs for New and Old Love
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Ryland McGinniss Listen to the playlist here What is love? I don’t think there’s a clear answer, mostly because there isn’t a definitive meaning of love. Love can look like those cheesy rom-coms or cliche tropes from the novels of your childhood. But, it can also be your best friends…
hot chocolate
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Ryland McGinniss i tried so hard to curate myself a foolproof collection of sweatersones in different sizes, because you fluctuated in levels of denialand i think you found peace in the fact that you could treat my identities like try-onsones that i convince myself are out of stylefor whatever list…
Best Of 2022 Scrapbook
By Madison Kleinrock-Andrews, Ryland McGinniss, Lianelys Cabrera, Angie Shenouda, Tracy Fuentes, Kleigh Balugo (in order of appearance) At the start of 2021, Kindergarten contributors shared their favorite moments of 2020 in the form of a scrapbook. In honor of 2022 drawing to a close and Kindergarten’s 2nd anniversary, contributors both new and returning looked back…
blankets r 4
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Ryland McGinniss i remember when your hyper-masculine cold shouldersused to be warmlove turned to hate in a matter of daysit may be weird but i’m glad our eternity went to wastethought it needed recyclingbut my head mislabeled the binsbroken bottles and texts with modelscigarette butts and all the lapses of…
Anything Goes
Photo by Kleigh Balugo By Ryland McGinniss reddening cheeks fashionably contrasting with the not so bright peachy orange outlines of our incorrectly feminine physiques as we’re dancing around the lukewarm flames we let go of the yellow lanterns that hold our hearts and crumpled up papers with our dead names and we lay on the…
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