Ben Xin

Dress, Photo Credit: Allison Pan Why do people care so much about a dress? It is only cloth. It cannot speak, think, or remember. Still, people spend months searching for the right one, especially for a wedding. They want to be beautiful, of course, but perhaps they also want something more. They want to be seen in a certain way. For Cassat, this question did not first appear as a philosophical question. It appeared as a wedding dress. Cassat grew up in Utah. When she was young, she...

Juan was born in 1989 in California. His mother worked long hours cleaning offices, and his father was rarely home. From a young age,...

John was born in 1983 in Springfield, a mid-sized town in the Midwest. His mother worked as a nurse in a local hospital, and his father...