By Anaiis Rios-Kasoga ’25 Editor-In-Chief “Where did you go to high school?”A cream-colored face looks back expectantly as their question reverberates in the space between us. Their tone expects a certain answer and suddenly that space becomes a valley. I gaze across the cracked opening, paralyzed by the abyss at my feet. They appear characteristically…
by nora hylton ’25 managing editor The summer I became a woman, I did it in the corner store. Became a woman, I mean. It was hot, and all the girls around me blossomed while I writhed. It happened like this, I found myself getting caught up at the orange bin at the store. It…
Lucy Ton That ’26 Rigidity married Routine—at 8:06 am, onNovember 11th, 2022, when it had been 71days of the same oatmeal placed on the sameringed water stain on the same wooden tablein front of the same gabled windows. I haveinfinite oatmeal days ahead of me. Theingredients of a day are very simple. Thebase is a…
Lucy Ton That ’26 Lucy Ton That—will be married on January18th, 2034, not in a church. It doesn’tparticularly matter who she will be marriedto, it just matters that she will become wife.She will be a wife. The space that she willhave jammed artificially in between “Ton”and “That” with her computer cursor, willdeflate, run all out…
By Humyra Karim ’26 SHARE is available to all members of the Yale community who are dealing with sexual misconduct of any kind, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, and more. Counselors are available any time, day or night, at the 24/7 hotline: (203) 432-2000. Early September (the first week of classes)…