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No, ‘fiancee’ isn’t a pay grade

No, ‘fiancee’ isn’t a pay grade

By Chloe Saint Mard, Senior Writer October 24, 2025
Of course, when to marry — if ever — is a personal decision. I don’t mind if you’re 25 and writing a registry. But we’re too young to crown this as the only goal. There are chapters some of us haven’t even glimpsed yet. There are still cities to try, friends to meet and skills to learn. There is still a future self who knows which medication to take and how to cook a steak without googling it.
A man or a bear? | Con-Current Events

A man or a bear? | Con-Current Events

By Frank Yang October 8, 2025

You, a woman, find yourself lost in the woods, alone. You hear rustling from the bush a couple paces away, and a large figure slowly reveals itself beneath the shadows of the tall trees. You start praying...

Competitors gather for the performative male contest hosted by Berklee College of Music student Emma Ababa. Berklee student Kelvin Francis was crowned the winner amongst 12 participants from several Boston-area schools.

‘I hate period cramps’: Performative male contest draws Boston students to Cambridge

By Olivia Ruzic and Saanvi Haridas October 5, 2025
Tote bags, watered-down matchas and faux feminism descended upon the Urban Park Roof Garden in Cambridge on Saturday, as a dozen contestants battled it out for the title of “most performative male.”
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Florals for spring? Groundbreaking | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya March 24, 2025
Spring has just begun, symbolizing growth, renewal and a ritual shedding of winter’s heavy layers. If history has a way of repeating itself — which it always does — this spring promises shorter hemlines, lighter fabrics and a predictable resurgence of floral prints.
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

What we’re still getting wrong about sexism | Data Driven

By Sarah Datta March 23, 2025
It’s a shallow interpretation of the data to see higher numbers of women in certain professions and make the claim that women just prefer it. No, we have to think about why they prefer it. 
Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Skirts over pants and the subversive genius of unsexy clothing | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath March 18, 2025

The internet still remembers when Ashley Tisdale showed up to the 2005 premiere of the Disney flick “Ice Princess.”  Wearing a gold-sequined miniskirt over blue jeans and carrying a clutch resembling...

Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Passport Bros are a problematic phenomenon | Identity Unveiled

By Rebecca Peng January 28, 2025
Passport Bros often lack awareness of the damage they cause, which can echo neocolonialism — the indirect control of developing countries by colonial nations. 
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Sexualization and defeminization in video games worsens society’s misunderstanding of women | Full Inventory

By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor November 20, 2024
Stripping a woman of her sexiness does not make her more human. If game developers want women to pick up the joystick and actually talk about their games, developers need to drop the politically correct act that cancel culture has snuck into the media.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Trump’s reelection calls for a new era of feminism | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

By Lillian Chapman November 14, 2024
Women are acknowledging that there is no future population without themselves. Should they choose not to reproduce or partake in heterosexual relations, that future could be a mere reality.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Feminist cinema: Representation vs. relatability | Still Rolling

By Ada Sussman, Opinion Co-Editor November 12, 2024
This is not to understate the value of representation or the importance of advocating for more minority filmmakers. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. If relatability politics take precedent in the industry’s current state of homogeneity, the limited diversity that we are already privy to will become almost obsolete. In order to counter this, we need to advocate for the elevation of more voices in Hollywood while simultaneously discouraging the superficiality of representation at face-value.  
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

I’m ready for it, are you? | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

By Lillian Chapman September 16, 2024
As delighted as I am that women and non-binary individuals are giving Harris an edge in the polls, I can’t help but wonder about what the majority of male voters who support Trump are thinking. It prompts me to ask myself: Is a strong woman in a position of power really so repulsing? Why do men still think this way about women? 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

How should we feel about ‘The Virgin Suicides’?

By Ayjia Stanford January 24, 2024
I watched “The Virgin Suicides” twenty-five years after its release, and after speaking to a few friends, it’s clear that director Sofia Coppola’s stylistic choices may not be fully grasped by a modern audience. It is a shocking and polarizing movie — one that some see as fetishizing girls as well as mental illness.
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