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Yale men are getting better at sex, you’re welcome

To the perpetually unsatisfied straight single women of Yale: on behalf of all the Nice-Looking, Not-Evil and Socially Adjusted Straight Single Males (NLNESASSM) of Yale, […]

January 27, 2012

Just say yes (to yourself)

Last Friday, Maria Yagoda argued in these pages that there is a “scarcity of nice-looking, not-evil and socially adjusted straight single males (NLNESASSM)” at Yale. […]

January 27, 2012

Hate The Player, Play My Game

You might think that there are a limited number of legitimate reasons to hate someone. Some classic examples: 1) The person in question killed your […]

January 20, 2012

Stiff Questions

Each week, the ladies of Stiff Questions concoct a seasonal cocktail and discuss life’s big questions. Children: a nuisance or a nag? This week, the […]

January 20, 2012

Shopping Period With A Side Of Buffalo Sauce

[Jordan Ascher was unable to write his column this week due to circumstances. We apologize, because we know that you like it when he writes […]

January 20, 2012

Tête-à-tête on the taboo issue of gap years

Setting: Dominican Republic, maybe with a relative, maybe with a friend over some mojitos on a veranda overseeing your sugar cane plantation. (Note: These types […]

January 13, 2012

Notes Towards a Eulogy: Or, Some Nails in the Coffin of Postmodernism

According to the Victoria and Albert Museum (it’s British + I’m abroad this term = your WKND view peg), I missed postmodernism by five days. […]

January 13, 2012

Faith and Fault Lines

Almost every summer when I was growing up, my family piled into our Chevrolet Suburban and made a pilgrimage to the Rocky Mountains. We spent […]

January 13, 2012

The Copper-Penis Owl WILL Get You!

I had a lot of nightmares as a kid. Given that this was more or less the only traumatic thing I had to deal with […]

October 21, 2011

Stiff Questions: Which underwear? Which occasion?

This week, the ladies discuss a Stiff Question of great sartorial controversy: Which underwear, which occasion? To accompany what might be an uncomfortable debate, the […]

October 14, 2011