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Body positivity talk with yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley

As someone with an unhealthy relationship with my own body, I go out of my way to avoid body positivity conversations. Just the thought of being recognized as someone who isn’t skinny is very stressful to me. And over the years, I’ve grown to hate and be very harsh on myself. So yeah, body positivity talks don’t inspire or empower me or cause me to suddenly love myself. And I didn’t feel inspired by this one either. However, this talk had a deep impact on me. Hearing Jessamyn Stanley — who, by the way, is a boss — talk about her experience as a fat woman practicing yoga was a huge wake-up call to me.

One year later: A freshman’s ode to Princeton Preview

One year ago, visiting this campus — a place now so intimately familiar to me — was an excursion into a world of dreams. Truly. Princeton had been, for so long, The Dream, and arriving at Preview felt more incredible than becoming a princess, slaying a dragon, or learning to fly. It was the stuff of fairy tales. 

If you’re reading this your week is really not as bad as it could be

Presenting: a real-life, entirely crowdsourced University to-do list, in all its strangeness, sadness, and glory.

Fake news, a real problem

Journalism is no stranger to April Fools’ Day and its traditions. Indeed, April 1 invokes a long tradition of journalists’ publishing hoax stories to trick readers and listeners. By the early 20th century, the phenomenon had already firmly entrenched itself into the American reporting tradition.

Somatoscapes: A senior thesis exhibition by Paulina King

This week marks the fifth week of thesis shows in the visual arts program, with senior Paulina King’s exhibition “Somatoscapes,” currently on view in Hurley Gallery. Primarily a sculptor and photographer, King has worked with tri-color film portraits and process-oriented sculptural series that combine industrial materials with a spatial sensibility informed by the natural world. 

Sexpert: Friends or More?

Dear Sexpert, Do you think that the emotional intimacy that you have with a friend versus a romantic partner is substantively different? – Friends or More?

Review of ‘Crowns’: A McCarter production

The hats aren’t just a fashionable indulgence — they are steeped in traditions of empowerment, both personal and cultural. Wearing hats, accumulating hats, taking hats off — these gestures unite, divide, and propel lives, and even civil rights movements.

Dear Auntie J: Fed up with being polite

Dear Auntie J, In [Community Action] this fall, I met a student “Mark” and hung out with him a lot in the first few weeks of the semester. As I got to know him better I felt that we didn’t really click as friends and that I don't enjoy his company; for example, our senses of humor don’t mesh and he is very political while I am not. Although our CA group met for lunch often early on we have since grown distant and I have not seen any of them since fall break. I would prefer to treat Mark with this same distance, but he texts me about once a week to ask straight out if I want to get a meal or hang out. Looking through my texts it’s been about fifteen times since November. I have declined with an excuse and offered no attempts to find a better time or follow-up every single time and have switched to just replying “no thanks” though I’m aware it’s a little bit rude. He has done nothing wrong so I don’t want to be mean to him, but he also has not gotten the hint. My friends and parents say to continue deflecting until he gives up, but the idea of this going on indefinitely stresses me out. What should I do? ~ Fed up with being polite

Spring break binge: a review of female heroes through the centuries

For me, this spring break somehow manifested itself as an unexpected exploration of the concept of the “strong female character” through the centuries. 

Bound by June: clutch factor, abortion judges, and black voting patterns

In a somewhat unusual fashion, Dick Bush took a break from the computer and headed to the basketball court for his ORFE senior thesis, setting out to quantify what NBA announcers refer to as a player’s “Clutch Performance”. 

Sexpert: BDSM curiosity

The Sexpert gives advice about trying out BDSM but maintaining agency and empowerment in the relationship.

Dear Auntie J: Stay or quit?

“Dear Auntie J, I joined an extracurricular group in my freshmen fall because of interest, and by now I have a leadership position in the group but have found the work increasingly tedious. Shall I stay or quit?”

Sexpert: Frisky while tipsy

I’ve heard that although alcohol decreases sexual inhibitions, the physiological effects of alcohol may negatively impact sex. What are the effects of alcohol on the body that could affect my sexual experiences?

Rocking the solo: Princeton University Orchestra’s spring concert

“Great virtuosity, great heart.” Those words radiated out into Richardson Auditorium when Michael Pratt introduced the concert soloists for the Princeton University Orchestra spring concert and spoke of their accomplishments.

We've All Got Our Ups and Downs

There are days when you might wake up in the morning, look outside and see sleet pouring down your window, groan and get out of bed, then experience a heck of a walk to class, and possibly receive really bad news (or a bad test score). Or maybe you’ll wake up and see a beautiful sunny sky and spend the day tossing a frisbee with your friends on Poe field. Or did you ever experience a bad day that’s turned into a good one? A life changing experience or just a silly thought that made you laugh for hours? Maybe you lost someone important, or gained new friendships. This past year has been a lot to take in– the good and the bad, the ups and the downs. We’ve all been there in our own way: 

Sexpert: Inappropriate Texting

The Sexpert gives advice about what to do when receiving inappropriate, sexual text messages from a classmate.

Ups and Downs

Ask Auntie J: Long distance relationship

“Dear Auntie J, I'm in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain.”

Top 10 ways to prepare for midterms

Ode to the inevitable writer’s block

I’m not good at writing on a deadline. I often tell people this is the reason why I don’t want to be a writer. Nobody wants to become a writer, other aspiring writers have knowledgeably informed me. It’s not something that you set out to do; it just happens. And then they return to edit the fifth draft of their novel, scribbling furiously on the papers in front of them.