High Life: Claire Denis’ Sinister Space Sexcapade

“this is more of a sex movie in space than a space movie with sex.”

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The Car Bomb Story: On Scaring the Rich, “Maria,” and the Near-Impossibility of Nuanced Storytelling

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A reflection in three parts.

Dinner for Somebody

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Learning about the rituals of fisherman on Lake Carnegie.

No Application for Creative Writing Classes

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Calling for increased awareness of and accessibility to Princeton’s creative writing courses.

Big Hoe 2.0

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Frist Chronicles: 24 hours in the Campus Center.

Playing Pretend

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“The characters in these books demolished the limitations placed on children.”

Computers in the classroom: should we ban them?

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Considering the benefits and drawbacks of modern technology in Princeton classes.

Listening In: Book Fight and Auditory Voyeurism

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“How wonderful it is to be alive—to know that we are all here, occupying the same moments as everyone else, breathing, blinking, living.”

Silent Dawn

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“The early afternoon lured more cars on the road. The drive to home because slower and slower. The air was dewy with heat and silence, and they all say boiling in the hot, stinking sun.”

Loyalty and Affinity: Questions from the Jussie Smollett Ordeal

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“To what extent do or should we believe victims? How much does identity play a role in the privilege of belief? Which institutions have the integrity to be moral authorities?”

10 Types of Voters

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“There’s the old adage, “know thy enemy,” or in this case, “know thy political sparring partner.”

No Angel Knows

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“At the top of the platform I turned left. The flat surface of the hemispheric bubble sprawled below. In my memory, the red chairs looked like rock candy.”

Nass Recommends The Tsar of Love and Techno

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“This novel-in-stories traces the lives of multiple generations of characters from the early days of the Soviet Union up into the near-future, all interconnected by an obscure nineteenth-century painting.”

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Overheard in Frist

Woke PTL philosophy major: The patriarchy is IN Frist.

Context: Overheard outside 1879

Intellectual 1: Dude, how many light years away is the nearest, like, gas station?
Intellectual 2: Like, several?

Overheard in the East Asian Library

Girl at front desk, loudly: My grandma was like, “You’re next” and I was like, “Sure. Keep waiting, Grandma. Not happening.”

Overheard at an eating club

Sophomore man, after being invited to dinner at Winberie's: Is this a fancy place? Because I have khaki shorts in my bag…

Overheard at Passover Seder:

Junior SHARE peer, on 17-year-old Billie Eilish: That girl is SO thicc!

Overheard on GenderEquality listserv

Girl: Hello, Can you please remove me from this listserv? Thanks.

Overheard while sharing break-up stories

Girl, describing stoic ex-boyfriend: He should have been fucking sobbing because I'm a delight.

Overheard at an eating club on Easter Sunday

Senior man: Jesus was probably a Chi Phi.

Overheard in art history class

Anthropology junior, to professor: I really like your shirt today.
Professor, bewildered: Thank you. [Pause. Then, half-laughing and bringing hands to face.] I don't know if this is something you should say to a professor. It makes me blush.

Overheard outside Walker

Exasperated girl: I went to four post offices today and had to take six Ubers.