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Grammar and Power

The politics of slang, from Nabokov to Twitter

by Emily Lever on April 12, 2015April 12, 2015

The Yoga Elite

Yoga Above feels like a perfect reflection of Princeton’s unique character: the blending of college town taste with the style and exclusivity of affluence. The result is a donation yoga studio with deluxe décor and an amazing location that serves a clientele that is stunningly homogeneous.

by Evan Larson on February 16, 2011March 17, 2013

Envisioning a New Museum for Princeton

Where a Nass writer considers how a new art museum might reconsider values of equity and inclusion.

by Anika Khakoo on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

The Desperation of a 2010’s Star

Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber enter a new decade.

by Elliott Weil on February 23, 2020February 22, 2020

Hide Yo Bigots

During the BET awards last month, an enthusiastic Antoine Dodson briefly assumed control of the stage and gave a rousing rendition of his famous single, “The Bed Intruder Song.” Dodson’s glee was apparent from his vivacious grin, and his energy … Read More

by Greer Hanshaw on December 8, 2010March 17, 2013

Gawker, Redesigned

Our tale this week starts in times long past. Well before Facebook, well before Twitter. Even before the war in Iraq. 2002 was a strange time, but in Web 2.0’s rocky infancy British journalist Nick Denton found opportunity. Thus began Gawker Media, a collection of blogs covering everything from New York gossip to video games.

by Andy Martens on February 23, 2011March 17, 2013

Croc of Gold

“The king of clogs, sultan of slippers, ruler of rubber, the umph in umphibious, the ‘see ya later alligator,’ Guy Fieri’s favorite shoe”

by Elliott Weil on October 20, 2019October 19, 2019

Communist Party

Commodifying the Fetish: Everyone writes down a kinky fetish on a piece of paper. Preferably it’s their own, but an especially “sensuous” or perverted one is also applicable (zoophilia anyone?).

by Genevieve Bentz on February 23, 2011March 17, 2013

Ugly Betty: Revolution or Repackaging?

Television is the opiate of the masses. Surfing channels these days, we see the screen jump from images of skinny models bickering, to bedraggled people on a desert island, to co-eds living together as they have been for the past … Read More

by Cindy Hong on March 7, 2007March 17, 2013

Friendship, Inside-Out

“I was never the kid to get tangled up in chatroom relationships and online communities like many of my friends in middle and high school. I repent now, for the way I invalidated, even in my own head, the authenticity of their attachments. Laughter over Zoom is still laughter.”

by Sierra Stern on November 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Babes and Burgers

“I could really go for a good burger right now,” my friend says in a tone that conveys that a burger would fill not only her stomach, but her soul. She leans against the wall expectantly. All night, she’s been flirting with another friend, a certain kind of guy who likes a certain kind of girl: thin, glossy-haired, and intelligent enough to be a sparkling conversationalist, quick with a comeback, but not necessarily intellectually aggressive enough to call him on any of his bullshit.

by Susannah Sharpless on March 28, 2013April 6, 2013

Gossip Folks

We’ll continue watching Gossip Girl, perhaps, like we look through old postcards or yearbooks. We’ll speculate what it would have been like to watch it over the course of a school year, as though the show transpired in real time; what it would have been like to watch it with Kate or Shannon or definitely Erin, at least back when she said you looked good in red, before her flitting, girlish sarcasm started to sound programmatic and conditioned.

by Raymond Zhong on September 18, 2008March 17, 2013


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