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pilates princesses, muscle mommies, cardio bunnies [feature]
By AnnaLise Sandrich | February 4Unathleticism has a way of creeping into your identity. Growing up, I was surrounded by athletes, most notably my mother, who ran D1 in college and then stumbled into a marathon addiction in post-grad life. Both of my younger brothers are gym rats, with the youngest having run his first marathon at ...
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first snow [narrative]
By Samaira Mohunta | February 4My roommates point at the window. Look outside, they say. It’s all white, everything is white. The snow is coming down fast. But this is not the first snow we wanted, not how we wanted it. I’m sorry you had to leave. And I’m sorry you had to leave the way you did. But where did you go? You didn’t ...
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animal crossing and the problem with prestige [A&C]
By Grace Ma | February 4Like every other teenage girl in the country, I was absolutely obsessed with Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) during the pandemic. I was actually a little late to the game—I got my first Nintendo Switch in late 2020, a few months after ACNH was released, and I had never played Animal Crossing ...
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older men [A&C]
By Eleanor Dushin | December 3About 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 ...
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action potential [feature]
By Sasha Gordon | December 3Lands 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 ...
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"wicked" and the illusions of radicalism
By Jack DiPrimio | December 3My 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 ...
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the art of dismemberment [narrative]
By Christina Li | December 3The 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 ...
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several things i wish i knew [lifestyle]
By Grace Ma | December 3There’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 ...
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brown dining services: secret menu [post-pourri]
By Ina Ma | December 3As 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 ...
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unlikely lovers [narrative]
By Vanessa Tao | December 3The stage lights switch on. The pit plays its first notes, and the audience goes quiet.
