By Jacqueline Groshaufmanis Sex positivity is an attitude towards sex that largely aims to remove guilt, shame and overthinking from the equation. Slut shaming and kink shaming are among the flagged behaviors that it works to combat, but it also promotes a larger possibility of experimentation and expression where pleasure is allowed to be paramount. … Continue reading
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Pioneering
By Tilda Wilson It is a warm early September day in Wales, 152 years before I’m born. My great-great-great-grandfather John Parry, Jr. is persuaded by the Latter Day Saint missionaries Lucius Scovil and Joseph Cain to go to church. Years later, John Parry, Jr. tells this story in his journal. He knows immediately upon entering … Continue reading
Big Bend and Boquillas: a park on both sides
By Emma Eisler We have been driving through the Southwest for long enough, now, that the inside of my car is caked in sand and I know instinctively to check my hiking boots for scorpions. This is it, the adolescent American dream: a post-high school road trip. Two best friends, highway stretching on into the … Continue reading
Pushing the Boundaries of Language: using metaphor to say what we mean
By Emma Goldenthal Language is one of the most fundamental tools with which we communicate with others. We paint pictures, share stories, evoke emotions, and form deep, lasting bonds with and through our words. In doing so, therefore, we must be deliberate with these words so as to describe our thoughts and experiences aptly. But … Continue reading
Coming of Age on Tumblr: a memory collage
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Looking Beyond the Aesthetics of Sustainable Fashion
By Nicole Oliviera Given increased concerns about climate change and the speed at which humans are quite literally destroying the planet, many are looking for eco-friendly or low-impact alternatives to otherwise damaging products in our environment. Clothing has not escaped this, and within the past year, “sustainable fashion” has been everywhere from Youtube hauls to … Continue reading
Swipe Right for Pillow Talk
By Emma Eisler I’m sitting next to him in bed, hickey blooming on my neck, when he says the dreaded words: “I’m actually fiscally conservative.” A chill runs down my spine. I feel my stomach clench and scan the room for the nearest trashcan in case I need to vomit. I close my eyes and … Continue reading
Speaking Ill of the Dead and other taboos
By Abby Eskinder Hailu Storytime! Way back, when Cornell University was still a distant dream, Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White stood on a grassy patch of what is now a corner of the Arts Quad, and they just knew. They looked down the valley at Cayuga Lake and baby Ithaca, and saw the future. … Continue reading
From Period Sex to Borderline Personality Disorder: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The CW Show Transcending the Normative Discourse on Mental Illness & Femininity
“Rebecca isn’t a victim– nor is she a villain. She is dynamic. And above all else, she is human.” Continue reading