November 2009
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Dartmouth Student Jeremy Pham Will "Plant A Dagger...
Usually, misogynistic viewpoints upset me. And then there are times when a presumably intelligent person makes such a sexist ass out of themselves that it’s almost hard to feel outrage over their ignorant assumptions. This is one of those times.
Jeremy Pham, a Dartmouth student on an exchange program at Wellesley, spent last weekend calling Wellesley students “a bunch of...
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5 Reasons Why Women Should Consider An IUD →
Few side effects and affordability are just a couple reasons why more women (and yes, even young women) should look into the IUD as an alternative to the more commonly used birth control pill. To learn about the other pluses, read my full article on YourTango.com.
College Confidant: Affordable Admissions...
Interested in increasing educational access? Want affordable advice on the college admissions process?
As someone who went to a poorly funded public high school, I know first-hand the consequences of overworked guidance counselors and a dearth of information. Many of my classmates — if they had access to the right resources — could have given Ivory Tower dwellers a run for their...
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Christina Hoff Sommers & "The Failures of Modern...
As The Crimson reported today, “conservative feminist” Christina Hoff Sommers gave a talk on the failures of modern feminism last night. I found the discussion extremely disappointing, in part because it became abundantly clear early on that Sommers has a very limited understanding of feminist history and theory. I meant to live-blog the event, but didn’t. Now, as I go through my...
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I leave for the Harvard-Yale game tomorrow
I have zero Harvard gear for this weekend. I only ever purchased logoed items during prefrosh weekend and freshman year. (Is it just me or is it tacky to advertise your Ivory Tower affiliation after that?) Most of that stuff never got worn anyway and is now either in storage in the Quad (don’t ask why it’s still there) or has been lost over the course of four years, three residential...
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Does Skip Gates Tweet?
Professor Henry Louis Gates just asked me if I was on Facebook. I informed him it was Twitter.
(A dispatch from the W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series. Today is the second of three lectures with postcolonial feminist Gayatri Spivak.)
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This Week in Feminism @ Harvard
From Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak to Christina Hoff Sommers, it’s a big week for feminism (and anti-feminism) at Harvard. Some notable events you may find me at (most are open to the public):
Postcolonial feminist scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, who wrote Can The Subaltern Speak?, a critique of Western feminism, will be delivering three lectures for the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute. She is,...
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Today @ Harvard: Stupak Amendment & Interracial...
There are two great events happening on campus today, but unfortunately, they coincide with each other. I’m speaking at the interracial dating panel, so I’d love to hear in the comments from anyone who attends the other event on the Stupak Amendment.
A Workshop on Emergency Organizing Strategies with IOP Fellows Gina Glantz and Kim Gandy : A look at responses to the anti-choice Stupak...
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I'm Making Faculty Dinner.
Every semester, each of Harvard’s twelve houses holds a student-faculty dinner. The dining halls get gussied up with tablecloths, flowers, nice dishware, and significantly better food. Professors and groups of students (or single students, if they’re lucky enough to snag one-on-one time) get to converse outside of class and office hours. You can also invite teaching fellows, thesis...
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No Pain, No Gain: The IUD Insertion Process →
I finally found myself face-to-face with a foot-long box containing my IUD. Thankfully, the size was misleading. The IUD is actually just 1.5 inches long. Still, that little device was responsible for the most painful experience of my life and I say this as someone who’s gotten five piercings and a tattoo … Unless you’re certain you can withstand a lot of pain, going the...
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Lena Learns German
Remember how I decided to take intensive first-year German? Yeahhhh … that actually happened. It’s been two and a half months since the beginning of school. Here’s an update on my progress.
I used to be the type of student who planned my schedules so that I’d always have Fridays off. One semester, I arranged a four-day weekend (to which I can attest is only a good idea in...
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Selective Memory
Me: I don't know what you guys are talking about. I used to make great dating decisions!
Nan: You may not remember life before Patrick, but your friends do.
Gracye: This is what they call revisionist history.
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How I Dumped The Pill & Met The IUD →
I’m en route to my IUD followup appointment and my piece about why I switched birth control options just went up on SexReally.com. Check it out:
Two weeks ago, I ended my longest and most tumultuous relationship to date. Four years and hundreds of dollars after my first prescription, I decided that I had swallowed my final birth control pill. I tossed out my last packet, lay back in stir-ups, and...
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Is marriage a right?
heresthething:
Frankly, I find this argument offensive. Homosexuals and others in same sex couples aren’t fighting TO get married. We fight for the RIGHT to get married. If you don’t want to get married, nobody’s forcing you! But just imagine someone was telling you that you COULD NOT get married if you chose to. So, I’m sorry, but I absolutely cannot feel bad for you based on the idea that when...
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Maine: Yes On Pot, No On Gay Marriage?
As I’ve become increasingly disenchanted with marriage, I have become more inclined to believe that the entire marriage equality movement is a misguided effort. Sure, same-sex couples and feminist weddings might be mildly transgressive affairs, but they are ultimately reaffirmations of an institution too steeped in patriarchal values to ever change. I grant that civil unions — as they...
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Lindsey Stull: Me, Myself, and my IUD →
Lena Chen, Harvard senior and author of the popular blog “Sex and the Ivy,” knows she will be baby-free til 2014. Is she psychic? Celibate? Nope. She has a brand new baby-fighting friend in her uterus…
Penn senior Lindsey Stull discusses the benefits of the IUD in an informative and witty piece for The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Salvaging Dinner (With The Help of Leftovers)
Another adventure in saving time and money in the kitchen …
Yesterday, I was slightly concerned about what I was going to do with a fridge full of leftover/spoiling food and an out-of-town boyfriend. I loathe throwing things away (I am the type of person who carefully opens to presents to preserve the wrapping paper for art projects), but there was just way too much for me to go through on...