Five Books Every White Feminist Should Lie about Having Read
The Awakening is considered one of the first feminist books and is way ahead of its time in many regardsThe Sparknotes version is a terrific...
The Sound of Silence: What Happened to Art Garfunkel?
What happened to Paul Simon's "Other Half," Garfunkel? Where is he wandering now? Did he reach the troubled water only to find there was, in...
ESP & Me
Like many Brown students, I was a ravenous reader as a child. Unlike many Brown students, I was so ravenous a reader as a child...
My First Time (Reading Harry Potter)
I’ve heard a lot of rumors about what it is like doing it for the first time. Some describe it as a state of utter...
Library Envy
I’m a Nerd. And let me be clear, I’m not one of those fake nerds who loves to play video games and wears intelligent-chic glasses....
Shopping Period: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story
Welcome to Shopping Period. You wake up in the middle of an unfamiliar lecture hall. The professor, an older man wearing a sweater with elbow...
Lessons from Aziz Ansari’s “Modern Romance”
Aziz Ansari could have written a pseudo-autobiography about his experiences with dating and tinder, and simply pontificated about his take on the 21st century. He...
Twilight: Breaking My Soul
I thought I was finally free once I turned 14 and said to myself, “Nicole, the Twilight Saga is not a good representation of healthy relationships. Also,...
The Ultimate Fall Reading List
As summer comes to a close, and a new semester starts weaseling into our lives, our summer flings aren’t the only things left without closure....
If People Were Bad Metaphors, I Was a Drizzle and She Was a Tepid Puddle
Warning: minor spoilers for crappy rom-com books and movies. I’d like to start off by defining the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG). MPDGs, as...