French Kissing
Exploring the performative, consensually violent nature of sexuality
I want a guy to slap the shit out of me. I know, ok. I know. Just let it sit there for a moment.
Arsh Dhillon
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GO BIG* OR GO HOME
*loudly
She carefully approached us in the way one does when they do not not know how to tell their ridiculous story. I was catching up with her roommates—not in the “what have you been up to?” way, but more like they were a certain number of drinks ahead of me, and to keep up, I […]
Blind Faith
On the Gods in my life
“Oh, I don’t believe in God anymore.” “That makes sense.” Suddenly, the size of my left wrist became more interesting than our conversation. I gripped it in a chokehold for a few moments. “What?” My eyes didn’t leave my hand. “But, I wish I did.” I drew in a sharp inhale. The words left a […]
Love?
Answered directly by you.
The Independent asked you, Harvard students, to start off your week by answering the over-simplified question: what is love? There was, however, a caveat: your response could only be one word. To answer this question, respondents had to ask themselves a multitude of other questions first: what does it feel like to be loved? What […]
GOV50’s Incel Culture: This Summer’s “Meme Culture”
Yet another unsurprising issue with the Data Statistics course from Hell
This summer, after a few of my girl friends and I began to accept our fates in taking GOV50, the Data Statistics course from hell, we did the natural thing: made group chats. The first thing sent over the Instagram group chat was GOV50’s Insta profile. With 82 posts and 740 followers, @gov50data labels itself […]
Sex is Cool. But, Have You Ever Tried to F*ck The System?
A self-proclaimed, revered-by-many Sexpert celebrates National Sex Day with advice on how to find true liberation. I love talking about sex. I love talking to all my friends about the awkward moments, the laughable mistakes, and the best kinds of “things to do.” All my friends enjoy sex differently. We celebrate our differences. We listen […]
Allies
The Independent Vice President reflects upon what it means to be an ally against racism. My anger from suffering the consequences of racism has been building for an upcoming nineteen years. Yet, I do not suffer from the steep consequences that Black Americans face. By the awarded “virtue” of my lighter skin, I was able […]
The New Universal Grading Policy: Harvard’s Necessary Shift of Focus
The New Universal Grading Policy: Harvard’s Necessary Shift of Focus An opinion on the new grading policy implemented at Harvard College BY ARSH DHILLON I have become a huge proponent of a universally-mandated, Emergency Satisfactory/Emergency Unsatisfactory (SEM/UEM) grading policy. When I initially arrived home, however, I was not. Like many students, I worried […]
The Big Fish Finds His Pond
The Big Fish Finds His Pond The forming of Harvard College graduate Pete Buttigieg ‘04 as a centrist presidential candidate focused on political participation By ARSH DHILLON Growing up in South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg was a typical “big fish in a little pond” before arriving at Harvard in the fall of […]