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Val’s Body Is Beautiful
“Joe Pesci,” one of Val’s many popular dinner menu items. (Ryan Arnold)– [Trigger Warning: eating disorders] Last week, Val officially launched the good ship “Grab-N-Go”, which made its maiden voyage...
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Deconstructing Masculinity #1: Privilege and Performance
(Ryan Arnold)– When I was 15, a friend burned me a copy of Sleater-Kinney’s brilliant record, The Woods (youtube). My closest point of reference was Nirvana, having discovered In Utero the summer...
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Who’s Getting Married Anyway?
What is greater than equality? (Ryan Arnold)- Early this week, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments from both sides of the Prop 8th Parallel. What’s on the table is the freedom for same-sex...
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Women’s Voices and the Ears of Men: On Stage(s) 2013
This rare portrait of Lord Jeffrey Amherst shows that, contrary to popular opinion, he was a staunch advocate for women’s equality. (Courtesy of the Amherst College WAGS Archives) (Ryan Arnold)– A few...
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Persistent Rape Culture at Amherst College
The lastest in bad taste and thoughtless advertising, brought to you by the Amherst College Student Body. (Ryan Arnold)– On Sunday night, in what I can only assume was an effort to publicly announce...
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What Is Free to a Good Home? (Nashvegas Revisited)
The closet. (Ryan Arnold)– To the left of my seat in this poorly ventilated smoking lounge in the Nashville airport is a guy with a Confederate flag tattooed on his bicep. The sunlight coming through...
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The Amherst College Drinking Fetish
[Trigger warning: sexual assault] (Ryan Arnold)– In an interview with the Office of Public Affairs, Patricia O’Hara (Dean of New Students) was asked what effect the SMOC report and “last year’s...
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On Irony and Loneliness
(Ryan Arnold)– Before I transferred to Amherst, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about what my life would be like after community college. I finished my two years at Brookdale without knowing where I...
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