Why I Wear Clown Makeup to Prep School
Val and I met on Tinder in January of 2021. I was at my lowest then—I mean, I was on Tinder in Massachusetts, home of MIT and Harvard students (shudder), crazed Patriots fans, and the Pilgrims. The city is still pretty puritan: no drinking till 21! Gasp! We value modesty, “neighborly concern,”
In Conversation With: Tapir
Following the release of their first album The Pilgrim, Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain, Ike Gray, Ronnie Longfellow, and Wilfred Cartwright from the six-piece band Tapir! performed an intimate gig at Truck Store, Oxford. Despite the reduced size of the band, they deliver an incredibl
One Must Imagine Wittgenstein Cruising
Wittgenstein, the most influential philosopher of the 20th century, was gay. Or maybe bi. Or perhaps he had especially close friendships with men for whom he had a certain aesthetic appreciation but with whom – no sir – he most definitely never ever had gay sex! There is something slightl
“To Penetrate or to Envelop?” Deborah Cameron On How We Talk About Sex
Have you shagged anyone this term? Maybe you’ve fucked someone, or, God forbid, been fucked? Did you partake in a bit of fifth week love-making? Did you get railed, or did you screw someone? “One thing that’s changed is people do talk about sex, and they do so publicly”, Profes
“Psychedelics can be life-changing compounds.” Icon of the Week: Rebecca Smausz
Rebecca and I walk around for a bit, trying to find the best place to have our conversation. Being Balliolites, we stick to its vicinity. We try the JCR at first — but there seems to be a Balliol Left Caucus meeting. The light spills out from the windows of a pub with a horse […]