Just got ghosted on Hinge: It doesn’t matter, the life is ruined already.
Overheard through Telegram
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With Precious Memories of Howard Friedman
A eulogy to an artist, a father, a husband and a man whose memories live on with his family.
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Princeton in Russia
“Every Princetonian knows that Nassau Hall cares about ethics—students have to swear on every test and quiz that they did not cheat. Less clear, though, is whether these standards apply to investments by Princeton’s $23 billion endowment.”
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Impressions of Istanbul
A country in flux; coffee shared over small, wooden tables and fortune telling.
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Gibraltar, an odd dream
For one last time during my two-month stay in Spain, I arrived at the Estepona bus station and sat on the metal bench outside with holes that always leave a circle mark on the back of my thighs. As I waited for the bus that would take me to La Línea station, I snapped a…
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Babylon Berlin Review
A snapshot of a young republic in peril, and its lessons for our times.
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Eighth Grade review
“Eighth Grade, a movie about adolescents, is like an adolescent: energetic, emotional, and not quite as interesting as it thinks it is.”
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Researching the Researchers
“It may surprise you, then, that the senior survey is not protected by the same independent ethics oversight that faculty research, senior theses, or even class projects require.”
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Devil Wind
“Think surfing. What comes to mind? White beaches and tropical blue waters, perhaps. Laidback beach bums with long, sun-bleached hair. California, Hawaii, the South Pacific. You probably do not think of snowbanks and dark, churning, sub-forty-degree water. Pale, shivering guys in head-to-toe neoprene and with accents harsh as the weather. You almost certainly do not think…
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The Tat Cat
The tattoo artist on the corner of Davies Street says “Please.” “Please let me write something on your body.” After a while, the needle doesn’t even hurt, he promises, your skin just sort of goes numb. I look up at his homemade poster, the colorful three-letter words and catchy rhyme. I think I would probably…
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Sorry to Bother You review
“What the story lacks in cohesion and clarity, though, it makes up for in inventiveness and provocation. It seems intentionally on-the-nose that the protagonist’s name is “Cash Green,” as the film takes the inherent absurdity and selfishness of capitalism to the extreme.”
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Ghosts of Berggasse 19
“You are buzzed in after a moment, as if you are entering a doctor’s office, as if you are a patient, as if the Freud, whose eyes stare out from the tiers of brochures in the museum’s front room, will tell you in due time what your dreams mean.”
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