“Vassar is a Corporation”: An Exposé on Institutional Logic
“Students are complaining,” read the deece napkin canisters circa 2012. Since August, this fact has only been reinforced. For years—decades—students, staff, and faculty on…
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To the North Country
You do not like the look of awe and terror on their faces when you tell them this: You are young, going…
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“Who Am I Accountable To?”: A Conversation with Activist and Future Doctor Juliana Morris ’07
When I sat down on the couch of her apartment, Juliana Morris handed me a mug of freshly heated Earl Grey, straight off the…
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Painting a Better Life
When Inocente Izucar wakes up in the morning, she paints her face with lively winged spirals around her eyes, colorful designs on her forehead,…
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Painting a Better Life
When Inocente Izucar wakes up in the morning, she paints her face with lively winged spirals around her eyes, colorful designs on her forehead,…
“Birdman,” Blockbusters, and Barthes
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest surrealist endeavor has unleashed a wave of public interest and critical appeal by offering a biting satire about the current…
Two Become One: Fly Art and Culture Clash
Since December 2013, Tumblr user Fly Art Productions has been overlaying seminal works of art with some of the dopest verses ever spit, bringing…
Creative
To the North Country
You do not like the look of awe and terror on their faces when you tell them this: You are young, going…
Pick-up Lines for Dummies
Visceral if unmanned, and unyielding To domestic sleepers of an alien World. They’re real! And here, Fuckers! You should’ve listened those decades Ago…
“I will write a poem about this.”
“I will write a poem about this.” The funny thing is that I keep saying “I will write a poem about this,” over and…
Politics
Straining the Limitations of Meritocracy: A Meditation on Busyness
I am busy. There are eight events on my calendar today—I’m booked from 9:00 this morning to 10:30 tonight. Students at Vassar are busy….
Appropriation of a Different Kind: Social Justice as a Means to Social Capital
To preface, we accept that the language of this article may present us as hypocritical in our active intellectualization of the subject matter. We…
Vassar College Security: Over-Policing the Politics of People of Color and Getting Paid to Do It
In light of the racial profiling incident involving three young boys from Poughkeepsie last semester, we as students are being fed bullshit about reparative…
Science + Tech
Depression Unfiltered in the Facebook Age
Mark Zuckerberg did not have me in mind when he invented Facebook. When he devised a platform for people to present their best selves,…
Death in the Age of Social Immortality
**Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of self-harming behavior, suicide, and death.** Abigail* hanged herself inside of a closet one November* afternoon. She’d come…
Seeking Representation in the Wide, White World of Emojis
The great thing about emojis, the pictorial images that can be inserted into smartphone messages, is that they help us convey meaning, emotions and…
Sex + Health
“Who Am I Accountable To?”: A Conversation with Activist and Future Doctor Juliana Morris ’07
When I sat down on the couch of her apartment, Juliana Morris handed me a mug of freshly heated Earl Grey, straight off the…
When Purity Was a Pearl Tiara: My Abstinence-only Sex Education
When I was 13 living in rural Southwest Missouri, I attended an event called “Purity, Passion, and Pearls,” put on for mostly the popular…
We Have Not Forgotten: Vassar College’s Sexual Assault Policy Inconsistencies
In light of recent events, it has become increasingly vital that our student body educate itself on how Vassar College legally defines sexual assault….
Vassar Climate
“Vassar is a Corporation”: An Exposé on Institutional Logic
“Students are complaining,” read the deece napkin canisters circa 2012. Since August, this fact has only been reinforced. For years—decades—students, staff, and faculty on…
“Exotic”: An Interview With Imrul Islam
Soraya Perry sits down with Vassar student and photographer, Imrul Islam for an interview on his new photo series, “Exotic.” How long have you…
Straining the Limitations of Meritocracy: A Meditation on Busyness
I am busy. There are eight events on my calendar today—I’m booked from 9:00 this morning to 10:30 tonight. Students at Vassar are busy….