On Friday, my mom texted me pictures of the Texas mountain laurels that sit right on the edge of our property, purple flowers in full bloom emitting their unmistakable sweet, fruity scent. “It’s Mountain Laurel time!” she wrote. “Thinking of you and sending grape kool-aid vibes your way.” There was a mountain laurel outside my […]
Last week, when I ran into one of my housemates at the gym, I realized that before this, we had never worked out in the same space as one another. Most mornings, as I make my way out the back door, I notice her exercise mat spread across our living room floor, catch a whiff […]
The human condition involves presenting idealized versions of ourselves. Whether we are pretending to have seen that classic film or making our relationship “Instagram official” on Valentine’s Day, it seems that few aspects of modern life go untainted by the pressure to perform. The most irksome iteration of this is epitomized by Spotify’s annual announcement: […]
Having been single for a little while now, I’ve become accustomed to the invasive-and-yet-commonly-asked question: “Why don’t you have a partner?” I’m sure all my other single ladies have their experienced a fair share of this as well. Whether it’s from a nosy aunt or a loving friend, this question always has an undertone that […]
Another semester is upon us and as always, The Argus is here to tell you what’s hot and what’s not! For 2023, here is a Washington Post-inspired Wesleyan “Ins and Outs” list. Listen, learn, and obey: Ins Lying to your psychiatrist Friends with benefits Usdan pasta The humanities The stacks Weshop Sushi WestCo Unfriendly RAs […]
Curiosity always kills the cat. Out of a mixture of intrigue and boredom, I began watching the Netflix series “Indian Matchmaking” just after it was released in 2020. The restlessness brought on by quarantine had gotten to me, and I had just about exhausted the Netflix catalog at this point. I finished the show in […]
It’s a sunny day at Wesleyan University. The picnic blankets are out, which means the weed and cigarettes are too. The night brings beers in hand and Naloxone in pant pockets. Someone spilled poppers on a dorm floor. I didn’t know much about Wesleyan before my acceptance beyond its prestigious academic reputation and connection to […]
New semester, new me! Yuck. We probably all know someone who fancifully proclaimed that they were going to reinvent themselves in college. I knew many, and I scoffed at all of them when they excitedly announced that they would be stepping into a new identity after graduation. “Why change?” I wondered. “How unhappy must you […]
We’ve been thinking long and hard about what to leave you all with for our final article of the semester, and we decided that nothing would be better than chatting about squirting. With so many myths and questions circling this topic, we want to sit down and set it all straight. So, what is squirting? […]
I think that quite possibly the most fun thing about me is my red-green colorblindness (specifically, a disorder called deuteranomaly). It’s always a cute little conversation starter: I tell the story of how my mom once asked me what color peanut butter is and when I said green she immediately took me to the eye […]