Through the years I published my writing on several platforms. Here is a guide to all of it:

Substack (personal blog/newsletter) __ most recent (2023)

Check out my Substack newsletter Vie Bibliophile where I write about my life, my opinions and much more! Please consider subscribing if you would like to receive new articles as messages in your inbox! It’s free and hopefully always will be.

• Link to Substack

The Daily Californian

I wrote for the Daily Californian for 2 years; I started as an Opinion Columnist then transferred to the creative writing department called The Weekender. I was also the Editor of The Weekender during my last semester of college and I have loved working for this newspaper. Find below some of my favorite pieces that I wrote for the Daily Cal.

(click on the title of the piece to read.)

• Leaving the nest

  • My first piece of creative writing and my favorite (and most personal) one yet. Reflecting on homesickness, especially as an international student.

• All my years with you

  • An experimental piece written in the form of a letter addressed to my mother on her birthday, exploring our relationship over the years.

• An ode to all that I will not have time for

  • Reflecting on (1) how AI is changing the role and significance of writers in society and (2) how AI’s infinite capacity to store information highlights the many limitations caused by our mortality.

• Reflections on disaster

  • A personal essay I wrote following the two major earthquakes that destroyed cities across Syria and Turkey—my home. Reflecting on the difficulties of being away from home during such a difficult time.

• Down the rabbit hole: Looking into academic research in the biological sciences

  • An interview-based feature I wrote about biology research in academia and the industry.

• Raindrops on my window

  • A prose poem about loss

• I hope this message finds you well

  • A dystopian short story written in letter-form, inspired by my feelings following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.

• The brick building of existential dread

  • A short story about unhappy people.

• Feeding the ducks

  • A poem written in an experimental form depicting a mother and her child feeding ducks by a pond.

• Daddy long legs

  • A short story about a spider and a girl alone in a room. Oops.

• Blurred reality

  • Reflecting on my many eye problems following a visit to the eye doctor.

• Mandarin cake

  • An experimental piece that mixes a recipe with reflections on the act of baking.

The following two pieces were published as a part of my opinion column called “A Modern Feminist?” where I wrote about my understanding of modern day feminism as a Turkish woman living in the US.

• This one’s for the “good guys”

  • A call-to-action about men’s involvement in the feminist movement, reflections on the #NotAllMen movement.

• Sorry, can’t take a joke

  • A column about comedy that targets women and why I find laughter to be political.