Tom Corbani, Author at The Phoenix

Help! I dated Kellyanne Conway, get me out of here

Welcome back to London Calling. How were your breaks? Did a relative get a bit too sloppy when they were knocking back bottom shelf whiskey? Did an ex text you “HNY” out of the blue at 4 a.m. on Jan. 1? Did

January 26, 2017

Campus Journal

Instead of Calling, London Answers

“Why don’t boys ever ask me on dates?” — Blair Helena Strocht Dear Blair, The possibilities are endless. Maybe they don’t get you, or they’re intimidated by your looks and aesthetic, or maybe they haven’t been romantically socialized properly. If you feel

December 1, 2016

Campus Journal

On sexual politics: shared games and intimacy

Sex is always political, especially at Swarthmore. We draft and redraft flirty texts like press releases, assuming that every detail will be scrutinized the same way we dissect the cryptic proposals we receive. If you gossip, your approval rating for last night’s

November 10, 2016

Campus Journal

Wanna Come F*ck Me? Swarthmore’s Getting Kind of Boring tbh

Picture two hall mates.They could be Bob and Joe, Eugene and Edgar, whatever you want to call them. They’ve chatted a couple times about boring shit like classes, the weather, or their RA. Although they rarely speak on campus, they share a

October 27, 2016

Arts

French colloquium lets students see into world of academia

“Does it matter to you that the ‘philosophe’ is trying to get into the marquise’s pants?” interjected the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities’ Associate Professor Juliette Cherbuliez, at the close of Haverford College’s Associate Professor David Sedley’s lecture on Bernard Le Bovier de

September 22, 2016

Campus Journal

Expanding our conceptions of healthy relationships

About a year ago, I was catching up with a friend outside a bar about the usual — bad hookups, good gossip, confusing crushes. He took a drag from his cigarette, inhaling deeply, and waving around the glowing cig, mentioned in passing

December 3, 2015

Campus Journal

Am I always rejected because of technology?

“Hey sexy,” sent DICK LICKER over Grindr. And people say the age of romance is dead. Technology has equipped us millennials with a myriad of platforms and social media outlets to court, flirt or cruise in ways our older peers couldn’t dream

October 29, 2015

Campus Journal

Settling up at the bar while wrestling with gender dynamics

A couple summers ago, I was in a bar back home, taking advantage of a rare lower level smoking lounge, when I was approached by some boy who asked me in bad French for a lighter (“un lumière,” to be precise). Once

October 1, 2015

Campus Journal

Swatties seek comfort in grindr flings and Swat marriages

It’s only been a couple weeks since we’ve returned to Swarthmore and I can already see my friends fall back into their tried and tested favorite habits. Sharples quesadillas are being made with familiar ingredients, study haunts are bustling with life as

September 17, 2015

Campus Journal

Embracing a new year of old flames

As of now, I am halfway done with my degree, which is crazy. Returning to Swarthmore after my second summer is a bit strange because at this point I’ve done it all before: the bad fuck, the awkward Sharples conversation, the perfect

September 3, 2015

Tom Corbani

Help! I dated Kellyanne Conway, get me out of here

Instead of Calling, London Answers

On sexual politics: shared games and intimacy

Wanna Come F*ck Me? Swarthmore’s Getting Kind of Boring tbh

French colloquium lets students see into world of academia

Expanding our conceptions of healthy relationships

Settling up at the bar while wrestling with gender dynamics

Swatties seek comfort in grindr flings and Swat marriages

Embracing a new year of old flames

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