For queer women attracted to other women there is a duality between how and in what ways this body is supposed to be desired, and a confusion in how to map this desire onto one’s own body. Do you want to be the idealized body? Do you want to be with that body? Is there a difference? Are you simply desiring the same ideal for yourself and your partner?
Over the past four years I have written some dozens of articles, poems, and pieces for the Tufts Observer. It’s been days of edits and
“I can tell you that I have never read, heard or encountered a public request like that,” Dr. David Bloom, a professor at the Harvard
Earlier this year we had a conversation on the Observer about journalistic integrity. We were concerned about fact checking, making sure our articles had enough
I was there holding a coffee just like someone always had been. Thinking about cycles and motorcycles, recycling my feelings back at the Cycladic Museum,
Alpha Gamma Delta is currently colonizing at Tufts. When a sorority or fraternity establishes a new chapter the process is officially called “colonization.” Representatives from
Greece just elected a new prime minister whose election slogan translates to “hope is on the way.” It seems the Greeks could use some hope
When the Tufts Observer published the American Dream-themed issue, we as a publication acknowledged the nuances of the theme as a topic for discussion. We knew we
From the gluten-free craze to the paleo diet (which aims to mimic the diet of Paleolithic humans and cuts by cutting out carbohydrates, dairy, and sugars) to
Sunday October 5, 12:20am Officers apprehended a young man using the President’s Lawn as his personal restroom. When asked what he was doing, the man paused
An advertisement for a sweatshirt with the slogan, “Just a Philly Girl Living in a Boston World” recently popped up on my Facebook. This was