Weekly Reads: The Dark Wife
Content Warnings: Sexual Assault, Abuse As a kid, the story of Persephone, Goddess of Spring, and Hades, King of the Underworld, was one of my favorites. There are many variations, […]
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Weekly Reads: Carmilla and Laura
“I have been in love with no one. And I shall never be in love with anyone, I think unless it shall be with you.” -Carmilla, “Carmilla and Laura” Pride […]
BC Reaffirms Mask Requirement Following New CDC Guidelines
As of April 27, President Biden released some new, uplifting guidelines regarding mask-wearing: “If you’re fully vaccinated, and you’re outdoors … you no longer need to wear a mask.” To […]
Weekly Reads: Challenger Deep
“Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.” – Neal Shusterman, “Challenger Deep” “Challenger Deep” was a book recommended to me for Mental […]
Weekly Reads: This Is How You Lose the Time War
I love you. I love you. I’ll write it in waves. In skies. In my heart. You’ll never see, but you will know. I’ll be all the poets, I’ll kill […]
OPINION: My Second Time With Coronavirus and Why You Should Vaccinate
The first time I had COVID-19, I didn’t know what was happening. It was early March 2020, and I remember thinking that my mononucleosis from years earlier had returned. I […]
Weekly Reads: The Honest Enneagram
I spent the last week or so extremely ill, and while I was stuck in bed, I decided to explore reading some nonfiction. While going through recommended books in the […]
Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans Rise During Pandemic
It was the beginning of the pandemic when someone called me a racial slur. I was at the grocery store, masked, getting some food and minding my own business when […]
Weekly Reads: Speak
Content Warnings: Rape, Mental Illness April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and as a victim myself, I thought it would be good to recommend my favorite book on the subject: […]
How Clubs at BC Are Adapting to the Pandemic
It’s no secret that COVID has changed the last year at Bellevue College. Now we all study and work at home as we wait for life to return to normalcy. […]
Weekly Reads: American Born Chinese
When Jin Wang moves to a new neighborhood, he discovers he is the only Chinese-American at his school and has to put up with relentless bullying and teasing. To make […]
Weekly Reads: The Midnight Library
Book Content Warning: suicide, death, mental illness, drug use, and mild sexual content. “Between life and death there is a library,’ she said. ‘And within that library, the shelves go […]
Student ignores entire unread bookshelf for spring break, buys ten new books. “I’ll read all of them after I look over this bestseller’s list,” they claim.
Here at The Watchcat, we encourage reading, especially during pandemic times when we cannot be going on actual spring break vacations. To find some good books to advertise, we track […]
Weekly Reads: Fingersmith
In the second installment of books for Women’s History Month, I decided to reread an old favorite historical fiction novel of mine: “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters. The story opens with […]
Poems to Celebrate Women’s History Month
Not only is March Women’s History Month, but March 8 was International Women’s Day. I am celebrating women by reading historical books read by women, for women, such as “The […]
American Rescue Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives, but Minimum Wage Increase Unlikely
On Feb. 27, the House passed the American Rescue Plan, a 1.9 trillion dollar effort to aid COVID-19 relief. No Republicans voted in favor of this plan, objecting due to […]
Weekly Reads: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
March is Women’s History Month and, to properly honor it, I decided to read one book each week related to women’s history. However, to keep it exciting, I wanted to […]
Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments, Considers Forgiveness
“Everyone I know has taken out loans for school, and we’re all paying the price.” This Bellevue College student, who wishes to remain anonymous, detailed their experiences with student loan […]
Attempted Bellevue Kidnapping Suspect Now in Custody
It was a snowy evening on February 13 when the Bellevue Police received a call about an attempted kidnapping. According to the report, at 6:20pm, a man tried to force […]
The Second Trump Impeachment Trial: What You Need to Know
After the riots at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Former President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection. On Feb. 9, Trump’s impeachment trial […]