There’s no such thing as “female pronouns”
Recently you sat in a circle with a bunch of other students. You recognized some of them, but others were new faces. This group might have been a class or a club or a team. Whatever it was, the leader …
Opinion
Proper introductions: sharing pronouns in every class
Editor’s note: At her request, the name of the author of this piece has been abbreviated to protect her identity.
Here at Bowdoin, we have a practice of introducing ourselves with our pronouns along with our names. It’s sometimes an …
@mycolumn
Let’s demand online accountability from celebrities
For better or for worse, the powerful combination of pop culture and the Internet has long been a large presence in my life. Whereas my parents have distinct memories of a time before computers, my earliest memories consist of afternoons …
Out Loud
Past progress distracts from ongoing struggles
“Don’t you think things are better now?”
This is not an uncommon question I’ve heard, from people both inside and outside the LGBT community, but it’s always a difficult one for me to answer. Yes, the crowd in 24 College …
Damn the discourse: a liberal dose of mush
President Clayton Rose published an op-ed in TIME Magazine arguing for the importance of the liberal arts. Roughly, his argument is that today “intellectual engagement is too often mocked,” leaving us in a “distressing place… where facts are willfully ignored …
Polar Views
Comfort versus courage: Bowdoin’s culture promotes lazy activism
Last week, the Bowdoin community was in shock upon learning that President Trump would terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). As usual, Bowdoin students rallied together in solidarity for a week to support those who would be affected, yet …
Editorial
Improving off-campus housing policy
On Thursday morning, Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster announced the recommendations of the committee charged with reviewing the College’s off-campus housing policy. Although the College aims to use these recommendations to “serve as the basis for a clear and …
The influence of hurricanes on presidential politics
In today’s world, natural disasters are inherently political. They drastically disrupt and change the lives of countless Americans, and it is often the government’s job to provide support and aid in response. This responsibility falls squarely into my choice definition …
50 shades of awkwardness: struggling with social anxiety
My experiences with social anxiety disorder have often resulted in a fair number of awkward moments. Social anxiety, for me, arises in almost every social context, although there are some exceptions. Nevertheless, in an attempt to grasp onto the unreachable …
Reasons to contribute to an imperfect common good
The common good is deeply moral in theory but deeply elusive in practice. Just in the past year, at least four articles have been written critiquing our execution of Bowdoin’s founding value. I add my voice with the hope that …