Why We Shouldn’t Be Done Talking About XXXTentacion
Content warning: This article contains mentions of violence and sexual assault. “This [ ] did some gay shit, so I ...
Opinion
The Non-Issue of Performative Fashion
When I was twelve years old, I felt more comfortable in a costume than in my own clothes. It wasn’t ...
The Truthful Method and/or the Method of Truth
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling ...
We’re All in This Together… or Are We? The Differences Between High School Community and Wesleyan Community
(Note: this article is online-only) The year is almost over, which means that I have successfully made my way through ...
The Wesleyan Administration and Its Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Response to Working Conditions
The Wesleyan University administration has done nothing wrong ever. At least, that’s the impression you’d get from the email Chief ...
Running and Health: Why It’s Time To Pound the Pavement
I started running as a way to keep in shape for my high school soccer team. My school had an ...
Wesleyan is Making Us Sick. It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way
The first time I caught a cold this semester was in mid-February, during my first round of papers. It was ...
Retraumatizing Myself: The Problem with Using Suffering as Leverage in Academia
“I don’t want you to retraumatize yourself.” I couldn’t help but feel slightly insulted when an administrator said this to ...
If You’re Annoyed by Student Protests… They’re Working
On Wednesday, April 10, from 8 am until 4:30 pm, students lined the entrance to Wesleyan’s Office of Admissions. They ...
Complicating the Complex: Reflections on Israeli Apartheid Week
As one passes by the Israeli Apartheid Wall outside Usdan, one cannot help but notice the glaring caption, “From Palestine ...