Byline: Sofia Cipriano

On Campus, the Israel Divestment Struggle is in Limbo

On September 30, 2024, during a Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting, two dozen pro-Palestine protesters gathered off to the side of the room, tape over their mouths. They held paper signs with slogans such as “Princeton your … Read More

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Girls (after Jamaica Kincaid’s 1978 “Girl”)

Even if it’s sticky outside, bring a sweater if you’re going to ride the subway at night; your clothes are too tight, change before you leave; your clothes are too loose, they don’t do you any favors; if you’re being … Read More

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The Trial

In February, David Piegaro ’25 stood trial for allegedly assaulting a police officer during last
year’s encampment. Can we know what truly happened?

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Epilogue

In August, you were real and unreal.  Lying on the floor in sticky heat, I wrote lines to you in my head, Crossed them out.   As summer slipped I sensed the shape of you in fever dreams. I told … Read More

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P(erturbing) M(onstrous) S(ickening): On Periods

Essays, interviews, and scary movies about the horror of menstruation

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I agree, a little, sometimes

“I love truth — as I once wrote in my homework). I soon learned to compromise by articulating smaller truths when I couldn’t articulate bigger ones.”

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Current Affairs

Ⅰ. LIFE IS ART    This piece was supposed to be called: Reading Kundera in Prague. That is because I started this summer with a plan: to read all of Kundera, in order, in Prague. In an homage to the … Read More

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