Abigail Deutsch
Abigail Deutsch
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Little shop of porn
"I bought a few things," Neil* says casually, before rattling off a list: "some little vibrators, a few movies, an anal plug, cock rings, wet wild balls -- basically, you put those inside a girl, and when she starts to orgasm, they pop out.
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A Matter of Sensitivity
Above the fold, under the eyes of the Yale student body, the Yale Daily News offered the following headline Aug. 31: "Student faces rape charge." The following day, readers' responses to the issue took up more space in the paper's pages than had the...
Taking Notes
I am typing e-mails to the writers of the columns, to the bimonthly compilers of history, the longtime journalists who cover their classmates' lives. The e-mails are long and short, and are fast and slow in coming. The e-mails are funny, dry, bored.
Food for Thought: Getting In
Berkeley is Yale's favorite dining spot. What's the place all about?
At 4:40 p.m. a cluster of Berkeley devotees are lining up for dinner. Their faces are grim. They know what it takes to get in. They know they must face Annette and Christine. Toby Jackson, a Trumbull sophomore, is used to arriving early -- he eats...
Behind the Silver Screen
Is York Square Cinema doomed?
Peter Spodick spins around on the glowing green rug of the York Square Cinema lobby, surveying the decades-old cartoons that adorn the walls, the concession stand advertising "Real Butter." "Where?" he asks. "Where?" Spodick, who runs the cinema along...
Ghosts, goblins, and getting some -- the Halloween walk of shame
Every year, the lucky Yalies who succeed in spending the night with a special someone -- or who drunkenly stumble from the room of some random someone who seemed way better looking the night before -- engage in that most sacred of Yale traditions: the...