At the start of high school, I dressed in baggy clothes and clunky boots. My head was shaved. If it weren’t for my short stature, I might’ve easily been mistaken for a boy. I was actively creating distance between myself and my idea of femininity. Like many others, I associated my femininity with weakness and ignorance. I had grown to hate it over time, to hate the way it enabled people to view me and treat me. I did what I felt would protect me from those misconceptions. By presenting androgynously, I convinced myself that I would be perceived...
Dear Reader, I would like to echo a sentiment that I hope you’ve heard countless times since stepping foot on...
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I remember being scared. I was sitting with my legs crossed on the floor, looking up at an office no bigger than the smallest...
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, arguments officially started in the Supreme Court about whether or not LGBTQ+ identities are protected under...
Knobs. We hold them in our hands every day but so rarely think about those rotating cylinders beyond immediate...
(CW: mental health). To cut a long story short and give a TLDR, I'm taking a leave of absence this term. I wasn't sure if I was going to, but after slogging through the first week of classes I've decided to do so for my own wellbeing. This will be the only op-ed you see from me this term and the only edition of the op-ed section edited by me. Needless for me to say, this was an immensely hard decision for me to make, but one that in the end felt very necessary.
Fellow Lawrentians! Are you a senior? Are you freaking out because your entire life you have been in school and...
Note: Yes, we realize our section is largely a bunch of white or white-proximate people, but shit is shit regardless...