By Helena Fierle Like eggs, my life has been served in many varied forms this year… scrambled, fried, sunny side up, sunny side way down (is that a thing?), hard-boiled, soft-boiled, over-easy, over- really not easy. Cracking the shells of what I thought I knew about myself and this big world we live in. My…
Print Edition II: The Handmaid’s Tale
A compelling adaptation in an age of dystopia By Nora Westgeest Gripping, heart breaking, yet wonderfully cunning is the new TV adaptation by Bruce Miller, of Margaret Atwood’s classic novel. It is the story of a young woman, Offred, who lives in an extremely repressed society, run by men. As fertility is declining, she is…
Print Edition II: Things to Love About the United States of America
Experiencing the country from the Bard College campus By Laura Laman There are many things to love about America. I am aware that this seems to be a bit of an unpopular opinion nowadays, within the borders of the country as well as outside. Shitting on America seems to be an easy thing to do….