The Changing of Beauty Norms in the Modeling Industry
Over the years, many iconic models have changed beauty norms—Twiggy, Cara Delavine, and Naomi Campbell, to name a few. Today’s modeling standards have been…
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Memo from the Paint Crew
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Our Updated SLC Bucket List
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Depression While Abroad
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#BLACKOUTSLC
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SLC on a Budget: East Village Thrift Shops
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The Final Countdown: Some Brief Conference Week Interviews
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Stitch & Bitch: Interview with Club Members
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American Crime Story: The Real Face of Terrorism
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Ballin’ with Barb: Debunking Myths about Fundraising and Spending
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Interview with Charlotte Kinberger: Internship at Whitewall Magazine
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Dorm Style
My childhood room is painted a light lavender-periwinkle. My walls are covered in black and white film photographs. My furniture is all white. My…
On the Complications of College Social Media
A line of freshmen eagerly anticipating college orientation forms outside of the library, anxious parents in tow. I join the line of my new…
The Darker Side of Fairytales: Halloween 2014
This year, for the style team’s annual fall concept shoot we decided to focus on the darker side of fairytales. It all started when…
Bike Style: Featuring Emily Eason and Hannah Gottlieb-Graham
What’s so aesthetically pleasing about a bicycle? Perhaps it’s the light spin of a tire, the efficient bend of the frame, the way that…
AVA LUNA, LAMPOON, AND MORE INTENSITY THIS WEEK – 10/7/14
Mercury may be in retrograde but that won’t stop you having a grand old time attending these cool events this week. Drinking Game by…
Out and About: Last Weekend’s MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair
At the recommendation of my don, I spent last Saturday at the MoMA PS1’s annual NY Art Book Fair. The event, which takes place…
Collection Series: Willa Bennett
This week we’re featuring Willa Bennett, a sophomore who studies dance, poetry and women’s studies. Willa collects headbands and backpacks! H: Tell us about…
SLC Art Fair, Prez Gore, and more to do this week – 9/30/14
Here are some events that should be at the top of your to-do list. Figure Drawing Club If you have zero experience with…
Big Gay Agenda
Remember when you were applying to SLC and the admissions staff kept throwing around the phrase, “And New York is your playground”? Mhm, me…
Tattoos On Campus
Emma Zigman First Year “I got my tattoo as a birthday present with my mom which we have been planning for many years, because…
Looking at the Jennifer Lawrence Photos: On Being Part of the Problem
I’m ashamed to say that, until recently, when I caught word of a leaked celebrity nude floating around the internet, the first thing I…
Gallery Guide: SLC Faculty Artists On View
Sarah Lawrence is renowned for its world-class professors, required to be active in their fields and engage in our involved pedagogical model of conference…
Review: Killer Heels at the Brooklyn Museum
The high heel has long been a symbol of fantasy, eroticism, and beauty within the western psyche. Indeed, we can all picture the quintessential…
SLC’s Senior Class President Election
Why should we stress over the nomination of a position whose voters only include the members of its respective class year? According to the…
Open Mic Night, Wes Anderson & Shakespeare Destroy This Week
When it comes to activities, this school is chalk full of them. Here are some that are definite musts. Open Mic @ The Black…
Collection Series: Wyatt Rocheleau
We’ve decided to start a series here at SLC Speaks devoted to unique collections. This week we’re featuring Wyatt Rocheleau, a sophomore who collects…
SLC on a Budget: Student Discounts!
We all know that our 1card has the capability to get us into buildings, pay for laundry, and (most importantly) provide us with food….
Back to SLC Style
Welcome back to SLC! Despite the past week’s unbearable 90 degree weather, our notoriously well-dressed campus has continued to inspire us with personal style…
Humans of Conference Week
We Gryphons are a unique breed. There is no better time of year for Sarah Lawrence than Conference Week. The seven to fourteen day…
Another Year at SLC: Something like a Homecoming
Tonight is Saturday night, and I’ve been ambling from bar to bar as I usually do on weekends in my hometown of Colorado Springs….
A Guide to Wearing our Graduation Feelings
The title of Joan Didion’s essay collection that has become a maxim: We tell ourselves stories in order to live. One of my enduring…
SLCspeaks’ Most-Read Articles (Plus a Few Editor-in-Chief Faves)
Four years ago, I started SLCspeaks in order to give Sarah Lawrence a more varied voice online. I didn’t want to publish boring news…
Conscience of a Hindustani
The elections in India are a spectacle like no other. Not only are they the most expansive exercise in democratic choice known to mankind;…
4 Easy Ways to Green Your Clothing Consumption
Over the past decade the garment industry has seen the rise of “fast fashion.” Retailers such as H&M, Forever 21, and Zara are examples…
Othello, Stripped Down: Speaking with Women’s Naked Seniors
Women’s Naked Shakespeare is provocative for several reasons. There are the silly ones; girls kissing girls on stage, girls fighting girls on stage, and…
Every Week Should Be Conference Week: A Satire
Contrary to popular belief, spring conference week is the most productive time of year. It is that magical time when students frolic throughout campus…
Deprioritizing Sex
I often turn away in bed from the women I have sex with if we spend the night together. I never identified such an…
How ought we govern ourselves? A response to the smoking policy
I’ve seen the story posted on various social media outlets, and probably, so have you: America is in reality an oligarchy. The potential problems with…
Bronxville: A Bucket List
Bronxville doesn’t like to admit in public that we know each other, but whether those prepsters like it or not they’re ours. They’re our…