As a queer Smithie, I feel compelled to speak out after reading Mills alumnae citing Smith College as another HWC stigmatized by queerness.
THE SOPHIAN
It has been a year and half since the curtains rose and the spotlight shone at Hallie Flanagan Studio Theater, but this lull in live productions didn’t stop the Smith Theatre Department from putting on a show-stopping rendition of Christin Eve Cato’s “Stoop Pigeons.”
Hearing that the “girth of the elephant's cock is staggering” was not what I anticipated hearing on a Thursday night. But then again, nothing that happened in this reading was even slightly predictable.
As dancers navigated the runways with clean lines, leaps and spiraling torsos, a distant voiceover listed off indiscriminate dates, which would continue intermittently throughout the performance: March 13, 16, all the way to Oct. 18 of the following year. It was with the listing off of these dates that I realized “Afterwardsness” was a pandemic project.
In a night filled with acapella, dancing and three different renditions of “Gimme More” by Britney Spears, Smith College celebrated gay pride Thursday night at Celebrations.
A proposal to increase the Student Activity Fee (SAF) by $4 was passed on Nov. 5 with overwhelming support from student voters.
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The Sophian published an article, “Oral Histories of the Title IX Office,” on Oct. 27, which featured transcripts of survivors telling their stories about their…