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I Wrote A Thesis

I wrote a thesis. I wrote it and bound it and turned it in. I am proud of my thesis and I think I produced a piece of research that is interesting and substantial.

by Rafael Abrahams on April 25, 2013April 28, 2013

John Paul Stevens, Disrobed

Full disclosure: I am not exactly what you’d call “qualified” to write about Justice John Paul Stevens’s public lecture on Tuesday, October 11th. I was definitely there.

by Rafael Abrahams on November 9, 2011March 22, 2013

On Writing and the Douchebag Yid

Rafael Noah Abrahams channels Jonathan Safran Foer.

by Rafael Abrahams on November 16, 2011March 22, 2013

Atlas Lugged

Making cartographic copies.

by Rafael Abrahams on December 7, 2011March 22, 2013

Urinalysis

I peed before I ever spoke.

by Rafael Abrahams on November 14, 2012March 22, 2013

On Writing and the Douchebag Yid

By Jonathan Safran Foer ’99.

by Rafael Abrahams on September 8, 2012March 22, 2013

Cerebral Flatulence

William Shakespeare once wrote, “A fart by any other name would smell as stanky.” And it does: See toot, or passed gas, or broken wind, or cut cheese. Each euphemism refers to the same thing, and that thing is the … Read More

by Rafael Abrahams on September 28, 2011March 22, 2013

Wrapped & Rapt

In middle school and high school, I was a wrapper. I wrapped every morning Monday through Friday of the academic year, as well as the occasional Sunday or summer day when possessed by the wrap spirit. I wrapped quietly and meticulously, with focus, usually one among an extended posse but sometimes solo. I haven’t wrapped since July, but I’m confident that I could pick it up again if I wanted to. I came of age as a wrapper, and I remain surrounded by the wrap’s ebon tendrils.

by Rafael Abrahams on April 18, 2013April 22, 2013

Honesty

History undisciplined.

by Rafael Abrahams on September 26, 2012March 22, 2013

Her Lady Bits

I have been many things throughout my tenure at Princeton—a human, a tiger, a journalist, drunk—but I have never been a lady. Through no fault of their own, approximately one half of mankind never experiences the triumphs and challenges of womanhood, and I am destined to remain among them.

by Rafael Abrahams on May 9, 2013May 11, 2013

The Outsider

Undernourished Diversions [Perspectives on The Hunger Games ]: Part 1.

by Rafael Abrahams on April 11, 2012March 22, 2013

Honesty

[I] food [A] star_luvr : spicy fries at terrace fourth course are so obviously made by students they are so overspiced star_luvr : when i cook i put a shit ton of spices on it to test the limits of … Read More

by Rafael Abrahams on March 1, 2013September 7, 2013


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