I will never forget the day I figured out what lesbians were. At eight-years-old, I raced to my mother’s room after school, cuddling up next to her to join her in watching Modern Family. Two of the characters were discussing their friends who were lesbians, a word I had heard before but whose meaning I […]
Former governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (R) visited the Harvard Kennedy School’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last week, where he opined on why and how voters have declared their elected president illegitimate. Christie reflected on Trump’s presidency and concluded that electoral distrust, or Americans’ unwillingness to accept election results, is the greatest challenge […]
High salaries after graduation, famous professors, and well-trodden paths to being a mover and shaker: the ingredients for a popular academic concentration are fairly obvious. As of December 2020, 483 students were concentrating in Economics, 400 in Computer Science (including joint concentrators), and 245 in Applied Mathematics. At the other end of the spectrum, some […]
Sunlight floods in from the Dunster fifth floor’s angled skylight as Max Ingersoll settles into his makeshift meditation space. He starts breathing in a cadence, focuses on how his body feels, and tries to imagine himself dying. As he thinks about his own life ending, he tries to make himself feel physically hotter. He imagines […]
True love. Whether or not we see ourselves as romantic types, it’s worth thinking about. Why? Well Valentine’s Day is here, but regardless, love just might be the most powerful force in our lives. Take beauty for example. Beauty brings untold opportunity and prestige. Yet gorgeous people are utterly devastated, left bitter by failing to […]
In mid-December I received an email from Harvard that I did not expect. After several months of encouraging students to receive Covid-19 boosters, Harvard was making boosters mandatory. In the email, Harvard told students to “not call or email Harvard University Health Services with questions,” but didn’t say where students should direct their questions and […]
What’s the difference between friendship and romance? Should your partner also be your best friend? Can you be friends with your ex? We spoke with Dr. Love—er, Dr. Holly Parker—to find out. Dr. Parker isn’t just a self-professed “love expert” who writes quizzes for Cosmopolitan. She has a Harvard Ph.D. in experimental psychopathology, is a […]
Happiness, to RuQuan Brown ’24, simply looks like being a good father and husband one day. These two goals typically stand as supporting actors to larger career ambitions. Yet Brown’s childhood exposures to gun violence led him to reevaluate his desire for the two. Growing up between Seattle, Dallas, and Washington, D.C., he lost his […]
Almost two thirds of American adults vow to lose weight, exercise more, or alter their eating habits for New Year’s. Statistically speaking, you probably did, too. Despite the well-intentioned results of health-oriented New Year’s Resolutions, few of them stick. “Health” resolutions also breed a diet culture that might cause more harm than good. For instance, […]
Twenty-five degrees fahrenheit, a slight easterly breeze, and the season’s first snow: auspicious conditions for a nude lap. With gates agape, Harvard Yard welcomed hundreds of students and dozens of voyeurs for “Primal Scream.” This bi-annual tradition originated in the 1960s as a gathering at the end of reading week in which repressed Harvard students […]