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Since I’ve lived a couple decades longer than the majority of my fellow students, I noticed a few trends that have made their way back into our shared reality, some of which I appreciate more than others.
Why I’m not necessarily against legacy preferences at (some) colleges.
Remote learning was not perfect. But if it did nothing else, it proved one thing: higher education can be different, and it needs to change.
Jesey Nelson, former member of British music group Little Mix, was recently criticized for “Blackfishing” in her music video for her debut solo single, “Boyz.” Critics called Nelson out on her exploitation of Black cultural aesthetics, such as darkened skin, curly hair, and other visual signifiers of Black culture like clothing style.
The horrifying middle school classroom paranoia that your period has started fades away mostly in high school, and nearly completely at an institution like Smith. However, I think we need to do more than simply remove the stigma around periods. Smith College, which has posited itself as a progressive institution for gender and sexuality has to understand that accessibility remains a serious issue for menstrual hygiene.
Universities often talk about providing support to international students, particularly because many of us have flown halfway across the world to a foreign place where nothing feels familiar. This year, against the backdrop of a global pandemic, this feeling is even more intense.
This Tuesday, I, a twenty-something lesbian, got my first brazilian wax. I reached this decision after a great deal of deliberation — is it “un-feminist” to get a bikini wax? By paying someone to tear out my pubic hair, am I perpetuating pedophilic Eurocentric beauty standards? Will it hurt a lot and just lead to me getting a bunch of ingrown hairs? But eventually I decided that getting waxed is an experience, and I’ll try anything once.
The highly anticipated 2021 GRAMMY awards took place last March, but the much less hyped up Latin GRAMMY nominations were announced last Tuesday for their Nov. award ceremony. Nominees include fan favorites like Karol G and Rauw Alejandro alongside newer artists like Paloma Mami and Bizarrap; a fine lineup that makes me wonder why none of our favorite Latinx artists can make it onto the “real” GRAMMYs.
This September, I was lucky enough to be the breaker-upper or the broken-up-ee three times. This has jump started my romantic career. I went from having one breakup under my belt to four, all in the course of four weeks. I can now scientifically declare myself the Breakup Queen.