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...this conversation, Manda acted like she couldn’t have been more bored. She lazily skimmed her new paperback copy of Reviving Ophelia—she must have read the old one down to shreds. She just stood there, popping another piece of Doublemint, or reapplying her lip gloss, or slapping her ever-present pack of Virginia Slims against her palm. (Insert oral fixation jokes, here, here and here.) Her hair—usually dishwater brown and wavy—had been straightened and bleached the color of sweet corn since the last time I saw her...Just when...
...demanding “that more resources be provided to pregnant women.” And to ensure that parents are involved in the lives of their children, they must support efforts to strengthen American families by mitigating the dual burdens of poverty and inequality. Activists cannot simply gloss over these structural issues in favor of those more easily legislated against and expect anything more than superficial change...
...began shouting during the speech made by Atri, the Iranian student activist. One attendee not involved in the protest expressed concerns that the concert ignored the complexities of the Iran issue. “It seems like this event is brushing over campus opinion, trying to gloss over disagreement in a very similar way to discussion before Iraq,”said Noah Hertz-Bunzl ’08. Although the concert organizers said they were not pleased with protests made during the concert, they did not stop the protestors from making remarks. “It makes sense that...
...began shouting during the speech made by Atri, the Iranian student activist. One attendee not involved in the protest expressed concerns that the concert ignored the complexities of the Iran issue. “It seems like this event is brushing over campus opinion, trying to gloss over disagreement in a very similar way to discussion before Iraq,”said Noah Hertz-Bunzl ’08. Although the concert organizers said they were not pleased with protests made during the concert, they did not stop the protestors from making remarks. “It makes sense that...
...solider needs to survive. Inside her room, Waterman changes for class. She lets down her blonde hair from the tight bun required by army regulations. Since she’s not running late, she puts on pearls and a pink dress. Bronzer, mascara, a delicate sheen of lip gloss, and she’s ready to start her academic day. It’s 9:45 a.m. Most of her classmates are just waking up. YOU DO WHAT? When people ask Waterman about her extracurriculars, she tells them that she rows and does ROTC. No, really, they say. They don?...