Meet Maddie and Essence!
Maddie and Essence met at college while Essence was a First Year and Maddie was a Junior. At their college, First Years live in cohorts called “entries.” Entries consist of groups of freshmen live who with 3-4 JAs, aka junior advisors. JAs live with the entry to help them acclimate to college and act as a resource. Essence was one of Maddie’s 50 frosh (college lingo for first year), yet despite their age difference (and many others to go along with that) they became fast friends. Each entry had their own common room. The common room, or “croom” for short, was a place for entry mates to chill, talk about the ever changing world, watch movies, eat snacks, converse, and bond. Each week, our podcast aims to recreate the chill vibes and good conversations of our croom. We hope you enjoy! In the meantime, here is a little bit more about your co-hosts: Maddie and Essence.
Maddie
(Bio written by Essence)
Essence
(Bio written by Maddie)
- Aspiring boss bitch lawyer
- LOVES art, art history, the art market, and general art related content
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Big Short aficionado
- Favorite font is Georgia (pt 12)
- Caffeine and canine enthusiast — susceptible to purchasing anything featuring a cute dog
- Enjoys helping people find personal connections to art and finding intersections between art and economics
- Avid TV show binger– can easily finish a great TV series within a week
- Athletic– former competitive swimmer and certified yoga instructor
- Loves helping people work through personal issues & gives good advice about self care and handling difficult situations
- Extremely stylish and is always the best dressed in the room
- Great hype-woman and goes out her way to make people feel like they matter & are special
- First entered the workforce with an underground cookie operation at 16
- Enjoys discussing and debating political theory, but gave into peer pressure and became an economics major
- Life long Massachusetts native
- Spent more time in the common room her freshman year than her own dorm
- Sleeps max 3 hours a night… because why sleep when there is so much to learn?
- Foucault fanatic
- Enjoys coffee and cooking for others
- Loves giving back and making change within the local community
- Would rather reread intense political theory or essays on sex work than sit down and binge watch an entire tv show for a week straight (unlike Maddie)
- Will literally drop sleeping from her schedule if you mention needing help
- Get on her good side by sending her some memes about Marxism, politics, or political theory
- Generally pretty radical and idealistic about the future (providing much needed hope)
The Common Room Couch 