Publish and Perish

October 14, 2018

The Women of Mahra

These women—both remarkably free and subjugated—tell a story of a history in flux.

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No Shrinking Violets

A recap of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s visits to the orange bubble.

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Viral Voting

It’s like precept, but for campaign ads.

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Crazy Rich Asians Review

“My first draft of this review started with a disclaimer saying that, whatever my opinions of Crazy Rich Asians may be, its all-Asian cast is worth celebrating as a landmark for representation. Then my editor sent me an article explaining how the movie’s depiction of Singapore is analogous to a depiction of America only featuring white people, and now I don’t know what to think. In the context of Hollywood’s shameful history of white actors playing Asian characters, this still feels like a step in the right direction, though it’s hard to forgive the ignorance of Singaporean racial diversity. This stuff is complicated and there are two sides to every issue. Anyway, Crazy Rich Asians is awful.”

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Overheard on iMessage

Junior Editor to managing editor: I just bcc’ed you
I’ve never done that before
I think I need to take a shower

Overheard in Bloomberg

Nass web editor: I can name all the great Russian writers... have you ever read Nabokov ?

Overheard outside Bloomberg

Nass managing editor, screaming: WE WILL NOT BURN BRIDGES WITH DAVID REMNICK

Overhead on CapSpam

Excited junior: Ever since I started Juuling I've made so many new friends!

Overheard in Jadwin

Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor: And that’s how I got to Princeton... I got fooled.

Overheard in Cuyler

Architecture Junior: I broke his heart and his knee in the same day.

Overheard in Cuyler

UPC Jew: My school had one day of sex but it was on Rosh Hashana so I missed it.

Overheard on Prospect

PSafe officer to religious protestors: Yeah… we're actually more worried about these kids coming after you guys.

Overheard at She Roars

Supreme Court justice, on being famous in public: I have to be careful at the beach now.

Overheard on the M Train

Person 1: Music is just marketing.
Person 2: Could you elaborate?
Person 1: Not really, no.

Overheard outside Viv:

Former Pi Phi: The only things on my list of things I hate are tunics and tattoos of people's faces. The only things I love are unconventional couples that actually work really well together.

Overheard by the U Store

White privilege Cap icon after parents weekend: Fuck, I forgot to ask my parents for cash to pay for my weed.

Overheard through an open dorm window

Catholic boi, probably: Hey Alexa, wake me up at 8 a.m. with “Smash Mouth” by All Star.

Overheard on Nassau

Sophomore on the come-up: I'm lowkey always the alpha. I'm a Great White, bitch.

Overheard in Winberies

Junior who is OVER IT: It's not a Terrace shirt. Some of us just wear tie dye.

Overheard in Whitman dining hall

Frosh 1, on ancestry.com: I'm interested in my heritage.
Frosh 2: You're white as fuck.

Overheard in Wilson Common Room

Sophomore: I don't buy the trinity thing. Jesus ain't God.
Friend: Can I interest you in Islam?