this week
"wicked" and the illusions of radicalism
by Jack DiPrimio on December 3
My political awakening, like many in my generation, emerged less from a genuine pursuit of truth than as a performance shaped by the constant scrutiny of social media. Every opinion I shared was quickly disseminated, retweeted, or critically examined, leaving me trapped in an endless cycle of public ...
older men [A&C]
by Eleanor Dushin on December 3
About once a week, I wake up across the river in the bed of a 30-year-old man (sorry, Mom). I kept this routine to myself for a few months, and when I eventually told friends, they usually reacted with, “No, you’re not,” “Are you joking?” or “Is he rich?” To almost everyone, the idea that ...
action potential [feature]
by Sasha Gordon on December 3
Lands of opportunity are frequently co-inhabited by lesser-known creatures: decisions. Opportunities gambol and frolic around, but if you look closely, tailing each opportunity is a little decision or two, nipping at its heels, encumbering it just a tiny bit. This ecosystem is more complex than we may ...
"wicked" and the illusions of radicalism
by Jack DiPrimio on December 3
My political awakening, like many in my generation, emerged less from a genuine pursuit of truth than as a performance shaped by the constant scrutiny of social media. Every opinion I shared was quickly disseminated, retweeted, or critically examined, leaving me trapped in an endless cycle of public ...
the art of dismemberment [narrative]
by Christina Li on December 3
The scene is Paris, 1912. Following an excursion to Amsterdam for a personal exhibition, artist Henri Le Fauconnier returns to his home galleries. He is among his fellow Salon Cubists again, the spearheaders and rulers of the burgeoning movement that has taken over the public Parisian salons—mainly ...
several things i wish i knew [lifestyle]
by Grace Ma on December 3
There’s so much I wish I had known before going into college. Not because I didn’t get advice—I received so much advice, and most of it ended up being garbage. But that’s the point of college, isn’t it? To find yourself and figure out what you want, not what the thousands of voices surrounding ...
brown dining services: secret menu [post-pourri]
by Ina Ma on December 3
As the weather gets colder, the 12 p.m. Ratty line grows noticeably shorter. Even the Andrews salmon line keeps itself under 30 minutes on Tuesday evenings, when I stop by during what would be prime dinner time before my immunology conference. Whether you are avoiding the cold weather or your palate ...
unlikely lovers [narrative]
by Vanessa Tao on December 3
The stage lights switch on. The pit plays its first notes, and the audience goes quiet.
thought enough to carry [narrative]
by Mar Falcon on November 20
On the way to the appointment, they talk about their New Year’s plans. It’s December, and A is getting her tattoos removed. M is driving her because she is the only friend A trusts enough to witness the betrayal of her former belief in permanency. M also just likes to drive her places pretty often. ...
"weapons" and the world we inherited [A&C]
by Jack DiPrimio on November 19
Although Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025) is marketed as a horror film, this classification only partially reflects the film’s broader ambitions. While the film employs the genre’s familiar aesthetics, its central concern is the gradual and corrosive breakdown of civic life in contemporary America. ...
night at the museum [lifestyle]
by Sara Harley on November 19
I see London; I see France; I see a pair of old, faded blue-and-white striped boxers peeking out of some pure-math-super-nerd’s sweatpants, as he reaches even higher on the whiteboard, working on a problem that probably takes more patience than I am willing to expend writing about it. It’s midnight ...
chasing the ease of childhood [A&C]
by Madison Diaz on November 19
There’s no feeling quite like returning to my hometown after being away at college. When I begin to recognize my surroundings again, when I notice the road I took to get to my high school job, when I see the familiar trees lining my block: It’s like being born again. It’s simultaneously beautiful ...
moments in-between [feature]
by Violet Chernoff on November 19
As 22-year-olds, we take ourselves pretty seriously. We’re convinced that our two romantic decisions (anything before tenth grade is negligible) indicate a lifelong pattern to which we are bound, irrevocably so. We’re sure that, despite results of an allergy test that say otherwise, we are allergic ...
shipping rakhis [narrative]
by Samaira Mohunta on November 19
Ma won’t make poha for us on Sunday evenings anymore, and even on the rare occasions that she does, she won’t serve those golden-yellow grains alongside a glass full of steaming hot milk. I no longer ride behind your metallic cycle on my pastel one every school morning. I go by car, the one you ...
dry tears [feature]
by Francis Gonzalez on November 19
My mother gestures me into the room. As I walk in, I look around—it’s vastly different from the last time I was here. I used to spend multiple days a week here, where we had our movie nights, where I had my band practices, where my parents forced me to go with my friends because my dad didn’t ...
containment, connection, and the spaces between [lifestyle]
by Liv Moon on November 19
This world is made of boxes.
