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Bargaining with God

Why would I want to believe (if I do believe at all) in a God who requires blind faith and has destructive ethics, for whom we must be violent in order to show devotion?

by Tamar Willis on April 22, 2016

Unmaking Marriage

A secret history of the unknown blond

by Tamar Willis on April 24, 2016April 24, 2016

Grandmother’s Cooking

Feels like home, tastes like childhood

by Tamar Willis on April 30, 2017April 29, 2017

Tanar, Tamar

Tamar also happens to be a character in the Bible known for being a prostitute — undoubtedly a solid legacy I have inherited.

by Tamar Willis on March 27, 2016

Parched

Social responsibility and conditions of scarcity.

by Tamar Willis on October 9, 2016

Gemma

Gemma Farrell is tall, blonde, and impossibly flexible—even at 52 years old, she can extend her leg at a 90+ degree angle. Her voice is soft and sweet, yet powerful and compelling. When you walk into Gratitude Yoga, her studio … Read More

by Tamar Willis on May 16, 2016August 10, 2016

Frat Boys, Feminism, and Vaginas

I heard this from someone who’d heard it from one of the directors of this year’s production of The Vagina Monologues here at Princeton. Intrigued by the pairing of frat boys and vaginas (in monologue form), I reached out to this year’s directors, Azza Cohen ’16 and Olivia Robbins ’16, to get the full story of what happened at Penn and to see if anything similar was happening at Princeton.

by Tamar Willis on February 28, 2016March 6, 2016

Telescoping Place

places you have lived, places you know better than anyone else, places in your mind, places you could inhabit, what it means to exist within a place

by Camila Legaspi, Conor Stonesifer, Elliott Eglash, Isabel Henderson, Katie Duggan, Rachel Stone, Sigrid Luth, Tamar Willis on November 21, 2015December 6, 2015

Partial Recall

What I’ve realized is that I shouldn’t get complacent – the best years of my life won’t necessarily come to me; I have to pursue them.

by Tamar Willis on February 14, 2016July 21, 2017

A Problem of Privilege

“Girls aren’t educated at the same rates as boys? Government is in a constant state of unrest? It’s okay—the affluent white person can help.”

by Tamar Willis on March 5, 2017March 5, 2017

A Day at the Met

A walk through history in New York’s most famous museum

by Tamar Willis on March 5, 2017March 12, 2017

Julia

The first text I sent you said “love me.” I had met you once, and sent it from your roommate’s phone. You were too cool to play it cool.

by Ben Perelmuter, Charlie Cohen, Tamar Willis, Zach Cohen on April 10, 2016February 22, 2017


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