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Group Sex Can’t Be This Stressful

Writing a sex column is not as easy as it looks. It turns out you get to a point where you've written four columns, some of which people have liked, [...]

October 3, 2008

Opinion

Oh, Henry! Notes from a Very Conservative Guinea Pigâ€™s Life (No. 3)

Dear Diary, I’ve been thinking about intelligence and values. Every culture has its own value system. A professor told me that the ancient Greeks valued bravery and glory in battle, [...]

October 1, 2008

Opinion

Things Cost a Lot in Edinburgh

It turns out I was wrong about the hot air balloon club; their advertising was deceptive, and it was just out of my price-range, all told. But if hot air [...]

September 30, 2008

Opinion

Nautical Terminology: On Display

Working and studying in the historic Mystic Seaport is one of the aspects that the Williams-Mystic program advertises. They mention the many historic buildings, moved here from all over the [...]

September 29, 2008

Opinion

John McCain: Got Debate?

In recent days, a number of concerned citizens belonging to an incredibly distinguished organization have petitioned Ben and JerryÃs to follow the example set by a Swiss restaurant and substitute [...]

September 26, 2008

Opinion

Disclosing Before Dis-clothing (Yeah, It’s Weird)

I was originally planning on talking about vulvodynia this week, but it's the Clothesline Project week here on campus, and I can't think about rape, child abuse, domestic violence, the [...]

September 24, 2008

Opinion

Sexual Scripts, and Learning to be Your Own Director

I should start this column by saying that I had some pretty great sex this past week, that there's a spring in my step because of it, and that this [...]

September 18, 2008

Opinion

Oh, Henry! Notes from a Very Conservative Guinea Pigâ€™s Life

Dear Mom and Dad, Thanks so much for the parsley! I shared it around with my whole hall (they said that it was good, but that next time I should [...]

September 17, 2008

Opinion

Life in the Lowlands: Braveheart Didn’t Prepare Me for Scotland

In the two weeks I've been in Edinburgh, I have yet to see even one blue-faced, kilt-wearing warrior, much to my dad's disappointment. I've actually only seen a few kilts [...]

September 16, 2008

Opinion

Ten Days Before the Mast

"...[T]here is such an infinite number of totally new names of new things to learn, that at first it seemed impossible for me to master them all. If you have [...]

September 15, 2008

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