Melissa Leon
Melissa Leon
Recent Stories
Well, it ain’t ‘Black Beauty’
Just like with astronauts and Power Rangers, an obsession with horses is an inevitable phase that I know you went through at some point in your life. You watched “Black Beauty” or “The Horse Whisperer,” or you wanted to be a cowboy/girl or an Olympic equestrian rider. Or an Indian. Or a horse, for that matter.
“Meitner” might right history
Robert Marc Friedman’s one true ambition in life was to someday become a playwright. In order to achieve this goal, he followed the most logical course of action: he majored in meteorology and physics.
Brilliantly, transcendently ‘Gay’
In honor of Trans-Awareness Week, I propose a little exercise. It won’t take long, and I’d be the last person on the planet to ever actually suggest burning any calories, so rest assured, this will be painless.
Hit-and-run! Hit-and-run! Ohhhhhhhh-kay!!
The chants and squeals of a squad of cheerleaders are among the most cherished (read: vomit-inducing) sounds of high school’s golden years. With short skirts, high ponytails and a frighteningly high degree of pep, the four most awkward years of our lives just wouldn’t have been the same (read: less mentally scarring) without the glory (horror) that was our pep squads.
Oh, what a little Billie Holiday can do
Landing tickets to see jazz legend Billie Holiday sing live is the kind of dream that long ago got tossed into the same “dead ambitions” bin as “marrying James Dean” and “becoming the fifth Beatle (or at least a Bee Gee)” — all decades past the realm of possibility. But this weekend at the Yale Cabaret’s season opener, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” manages to bring at least one dead dream back with the same flawless grace and captivating poignancy that Ms. Holiday herself was so famous for.
Tokyo Police Club: (sorta) soph slump?
There’s something about the word “sophomore” that is distinctly unpleasant: from somewhere deep within, it oozes dread and foreboding.
See ‘Pirates of Penzance’ and then you will piss your pants
Sex-deprived women passionately stuffing men’s heads between their breasts is the first indication that a show is about to turn into a prepubescent boy’s ultimate fantasy.
Angelina-free ‘Borders’ migrates
Like any good documentary, “Beyond Borders: The Debate Over Human Migration” seeks to shed new light on an important, controversial topic and its less obvious but very relevant implications; it scours in search of diverse opinions on a given matter.
Have MIT dorks ruined ‘21?’
The last “cool” thing to happen to MIT had something to do with an old cannon and Caltech. Inspiration behind the idea probably went something like, “Pythagoras’ beard, it’s brilliant!
The few, the proud: Male WGSS majors
WGSS students emphasized that its curriculum does not equate women’s studies with feminism. In fact, the major offers two separate tracks: one dedicated to Women’s and Gender Studies and the other to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies, which attracts many — though not all — of the male majors.