‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a brilliant, visually stunning success
“The Queen’s Gambit,” directed by Scott Frank, based on the novel of the same name, is an eight-part limited series that premiered on Netflix on Oct. 23. Enthralled by the…
Olivia Diallo
Shedding adolescence, expressing identity: Vassar students recount roots of their bleached hair
A change in hair color can be a striking signifier. It’s permanent, at least until the hair is bleached or dyed again, or is cut. It’s also highly visible, unlike…
Court denies ACD for Julissa
On Feb. 4, Judge Tracy McKenzie of the Dutchess County Family Court denied 13-year-old Julissa Dawkins an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD) for a hearing held on March 4.…
Speaker grapples with African, African-American identities
To be of Afro-diasporic descent is to have an identity that is inherently foreign. To diasporic populations, Africa represents the impossible: the known and the unknown, the celebrated and the…
Pattern Addict frontman: confessions of an indie improviser
There exists somewhere in the college mythos the conception of the college band, not necessarily the most musically adept, but a blast at Friday night house parties. In a sea…
Invisible labor takes toll on faculty of color
This past March, 13 senior faculty members at Yale withdrew from the University’s Ethnicity, Race and Migration (ER&M) program. The faculty cited a lack of university support for the program…