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 Sophian
Smith students gathered on Chapin Lawn to enjoy the “make up” Convocation Carnival at 11:30am on Oct. 6.
Los estudiantes de Smith se despertaron al sonido de las campanas el 27 de septiembre, lo que indica que había llegado el Día de la Montaña. A pesar de los intentos de hacer memorable este Día de la Montaña, algunos estudiantes de último año expresaron que este año fracasó en comparación con las celebraciones anteriores.
Hay mucho que criticar sobre las clases de Zoom. El intenso tiempo frente a la pantalla, las distracciones constantes y la falta de interacción social dificultan el aprendizaje de muchos estudiantes. Sin embargo, hay una ventaja de las clases en línea, que se les puede recordar a los estudiantes cuando regresan al campus: reducen la presión social.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy of Western Massachusetts partnered with the Valley’s Women’s March to hold a protest against Texas’s restrictive abortion law that came into effect…
Translated from English by Izzy Ford
Mientras Smith recibía de nuevo sus estudiantes al campus después de un año de la pandemia, los hipos eran inevitables. Pero la situación frente al programa de alimentación no es solamente un hipo.
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.
Smith students woke to the sounds of bells ringing on Sept. 27, signaling that Mountain Day had arrived. Despite the attempts to make this Mountain Day memorable, some upperclassmen expressed that this year fell flat compared to previous celebrations.
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.
People stood on a street corner outside the Northampton Senior Center waving colorful signs, hoping to raise awareness for their candidates on Sept. 28. This preliminary election narrowed the number of mayoral candidates from four to two and City Councilor At Large candidates from five to four.