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?
Author: Moira Lavelle
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 interviews and lukewarm pizza and staring at fonts until well into morning. Here, in my final piece, I have nothing new to say, no breaking news. Instead I have a
“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 School of Public Health, told The New York Times. Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan, echoed the same sentiment: “I have
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 interviews, and differentiating between opinion and fact. The first iteration of this conversation lasted for many hours late into a Monday night when every member of our staff had something
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, realizing nothing is new. I take my coffee like my mother takes her coffee and probably like her mother but who’s to know. The spoon between my teeth reminded me
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 the national organization establish a “colony” at the chosen school and try to entice new members. When the new members are initiated the colony becomes a chapter. “[Colonizing] is a
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 right now. The country has been tied up in an economic crisis for six years, suffered harsh austerity measures, and retains outstanding loans to much of the Eurozone. As of
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 could not and should not end the conversation with the magazine, and in recognition of our community’s diverse lived experiences, we wanted to explore the complexities that did not translate
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 the obsession with farmer’s markets, Americans today talk about food very differently than they once did. There are innumerable websites and blogs dedicated to clean eating recipes and methods—showcasing the lives of
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 for a moment to consider before saying, “I had to pee.” At least he was honest. Thursday October 9, 12:36am Officers received a report of three students on the roof of
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 startlingly creepy, largely because I am from Philadelphia and am currently living in the Boston area. This information is readily available on my Facebook account because I voluntarily put it
