Some call it the “City of Love” and I suppose that’s fittest place for me to go. After four semesters of writing Love Letters, I’m off to Paris to study abroad, which will, of course, result in...
Gender and Halloween
I miss being little and celebrating Halloween. Getting in groups with friends with empty baskets or pumpkin buckets waiting for a year’s supply of candy to flood them. The parties...
The cult of thinness
Feminist theorist Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, shares a theory in her book, “The Cult of Thinness,” on disordered eating among women. Most people who’ve taken a Women and Gender...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I’m not talking about winter break. I’m speaking of fall break. It is the most understated little break from the academic year that we get as Lafayette students,...
Neil Sedaka sang “breaking up is hard to do” 40 years ago, and 40 years later the sentiment still stands. Whether you’re the bearer of bad news or on the receiving end of the blow, breaking up is...
Is Single the New Norm?
My hope is that the days of women attending college as finishing school are over. I hope that the students of the Mona Lisa Smile are gone and women are less and less likely...
A woman’s gym etiquette
When going to the gym, a woman must follow a certain etiquette -- after all, she’s treading on foreign territory. She must look adorable in her designer fitness wear coordinated...
I like to explain the Ashley Madison hack as having all of your most shameful truths on display for the world to see and, perhaps even worse, those closest to you. Ashley Madison is a website that aids...
For a graduating senior and mentor.
Standing at a baseball ground slump with a smile—you swore was made of glass
Jacket like a spread-winged eagle, he saw you and looked down to check
his...
It’s a frustration often tossed aside or underestimated. You just sat down to dinner and as you open your menu, your date goes into her purse and puts her phone on the table facing up. As you’re telling...
Doesn’t it always seem that at times you can never get your first choice? Whether it be Wawa running out of your favorite late-night mashed potatoes after a boozy night or that corporate internship that...
Disclaimer: For those of you shocked by there being another edition of Love Letters this week, let me assure you that last week’s edition “Letter of Resignation” was a just spoof part of our April...
