By Weary Bradshaw Greetings pitiful sexers or sexiful pitiers, Happy Valentine’s Day, my dears! This year, I got a song from my lover about our beautiful relationship. Except, he’s not my lover anymore, and we’re not in a relationship. Last year at this time, I watched a drag queen in a thong thrust above me on a bar wearing angel wings. I had spent the … Continue reading Sex and the Pity #4: Leaving your Lover on Valentine’s Day
By Hairy Bradshaw Dear readers, As the nights get colder and longer, and your sheets feel crisper, I hope you’ve learned to love what’s within them. Maybe, it’s yourself, or your favorite fictional character, or your best friend who missed you over break, or your childhood dog when you went home, or your lover. Maybe you’re snuggling up with a copy of The Outback this … Continue reading Sex and the Pity #3: Do you choose love or do you fall for it?
Words by Willa Umansky PZ ’27 Everything was so normal, not homey or cozy or anything too good or warm, but normal. Starkly so, in a way that I’m not particularly used to. Pleasantries were upheld and honored, I’d laughed politely about twelve times in a thirty minute period. I think my slight discomfort, inability to relax wholly, was bred from the strict adherence to … Continue reading The Bounds of Propriety
Words by Lucy Kaplan PZ ’28Graphic By Eli Heart PZ ’26 The bed. The bed is surprisingly comfortable, or rather, it is considerably less painful than standing up. If I lie still and screw up my eyes, I can make out the illusion of normalcy. It is seven o’clock. It might be morning. The room is unwavering in its sterility. I am six years old, … Continue reading The Bed
By Willa Umansky PZ ’27 Graphic by Ben Connolly PZ ’26 It’s fall and I’m happy. In the sun, my chest bakes to a berry stained pink. When my children’s literature lecture lets out at 5:30pm, I’m cripplingly cold if I make the mistake of wearing short socks. Fall in Claremont is something that I will surely miss in the way I miss fall in … Continue reading happy fall 2024
Words by Rhyus Goldman PZ ’26 Graphic by Ben Connolly PZ ’26 On Nov. 22, Claremont Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) hosted “Palestine Through the Archives,” an exhibit in the Honnold/Mudd Library Founders Room providing students with archival materials and primary documents on pre-Nakba Palestine and the creation of the Israeli state. The exhibit, organized by Abigail Gross PZ ’25, featured drawings, images, maps, European … Continue reading An archival look at Palestine pre-Nakba
By Eli Heart PZ ’26 Therein the wood lies time untold in word Till pouring crows release a somber song And quiver more each leaf to add a verse And lost the same as snow has come and gone But worry not. Oh worry not. Stay young When sunlight gives beneath a winter white It’s missed how laughter marks the lonesome tongue Shall come again— … Continue reading Time Untold in Word
By Nozomi Shima PZ ’25 Picture this: Finals are done, you’re settling in back home with an empty schedule, the sun has set outside your childhood bedroom window, and you need something to watch. If you ever find yourself in this situation, I have the cozy winter watchlist for you! The Holdovers This film had a little time in the limelight during awards season last … Continue reading Cozy Winter Watchlist
By Celina Steinberg PZ ’27 Across the nation, the season of the 2024 United States Presidential Election threw everyday life into a whirlwind of passion, emotion, and political anxiety. Tensions surrounding political polarization continue to rise as Trump appoints his cabinet, and the Pitzer community is no stranger to this collective sentiment. At Pitzer, we are lucky to be cheered on by Kathy and Ren … Continue reading In the wake of the 2024 election: Pitzer student insights
By Willa Umansky PZ ’27 The linens pooled around me, begging me to sleep just a bit longer. Nina, dad’s ex, bought me the quilt that ached for its better days. It was beautiful, even in the infancy of its haggard state. One side sported light blue pin stripes on the white fabric, while the other displayed petals dancing in a pattern that could be … Continue reading Joe Biden Day As I Recall It
