The Blue and White Magazine
Pedagogy of the Privileged
By Sofia Pirri Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina A blown-up image of Sofonisba Anguissola’s self-portrait illuminates the dark...
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The Blue and White Magazine
Literary Afterlives of the 20th Century
Reading Roberto Bolaño in New York City. By Maya Lerman “Drink up, boys, drink up and don’t worry, if we finish this bottle we’ll go down...
Tara Isabel Zia
Out of the Margins
Annotation as a transgressive and generative practice. By Tara Zia “This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start...
Josh Kazali
In Search of Lost Pints
A bar crawl through Columbia’s history. By Josh Kazali As happens to so many of us in our short Morningside stint, some friends and I...
Victor Omojola
Ousmane and I
What the father of African cinema taught me about independence and being alone. By Victor Omojola “Back in Dakar they must be saying:...
Will Lyman
Pursuing the Personal
On the elusive, often unsuccessful form of the essay. By Will Lyman “The essay stages an encounter between an ‘I’ and the world in which...
Eliza Rudalevige
Confessions of a Short-Term Sugar Baby
An unconventional avenue towards auxiliary income. By Eliza Burns I made my Seeking Arrangements profile in a post-drunk fit of...
Stephen Dames
Long-Term Commitment
Effective Altruism provides a popular—and potentially dangerous—approach to modern ethics. By Stephen Dames “Could you guys keep it...
Muni Suleiman
On the Record
The Historical Markers project grapples with the university’s ties to white supremacy.
Andrea Conteras and Briani Netzahuatl
The Search for Sanctuary
On creating community, by and for undocumented students.
Muni Suleiman
Practicing Permanence
The 116th Initiative hopes to prove the sustainability of campus mutual aid.
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