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,…
Read MoreFebruary, 2015
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,…
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“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…
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“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…
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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…
Read MorePick-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…
Read More“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…
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Untitled
I drew these based on some photographs I found in a magazine. They get me thinking about beauty and gender. They get me thinking…
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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….
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