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Pedagogy of the Privileged
By Sofia Pirri Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina A blown-up image of Sofonisba Anguissola’s self-portrait illuminates the dark...

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...

The Blue and White Magazine


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...
Tara Isabel Zia


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...

Josh Kazali


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:...
Victor Omojola


The Last of Us
The imposter paradox, post-affirmative action.

Andrea Contreras


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...

Will Lyman


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...

Eliza Rudalevige


Long-Term Commitment
Effective Altruism provides a popular—and potentially dangerous—approach to modern ethics. By Stephen Dames “Could you guys keep it...

Stephen Dames


On the Record
The Historical Markers project grapples with the university’s ties to white supremacy.

Muni Suleiman


Beta Males
On our complacency with a popular system of abuse.

Adrienne deFaria


The Powers That Be
The mechanisms behind the Morningside Institute.

Iris Chen


Anywhere But Here
Find the Kiss.

Amogh Dimiri


Past and Pending
Reflections on endings.

Kelsey Kitzke


When Silence Moves In
Reflections on health and familial love.

Molly Leahy


Love to Feast On
Not to be read on an empty stomach.

Josh Kazali


The Search for Sanctuary
On creating community, by and for undocumented students.
Andrea Conteras and Briani Netzahuatl


Practicing Permanence
The 116th Initiative hopes to prove the sustainability of campus mutual aid.

Muni Suleiman


Learning How to Fight
From the Iranian diaspora.
Anonymous


Notes from the Boom Op
Understanding film majors, on set and off.

Josh Kazali
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