Susan Posluszny
Susan Posluszny
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As senior year comes to a close, class conflict bubbles, bursts
As Cervantes once said, "There are only two families in the world … the Haves and the Have-nots." Proof of the above quote: Yale's own graduating class. We attempt to unify at senior events by drunkenly romanticizing the "great" times we've had...
Other scary things to hear at 30,000 ft
Spring break. It neither happens during spring (if one goes by the vernal equinox), nor is it a break. Yet, each year, I vainly expect both. I want a warm respite that leaves me fulfilled and rested, a vacation for my body and soul where I somehow...
Don't distain long-distance darlings
Over drinks with my good friend Anna on Tuesday night (hey, we're seniors), we both experienced an epiphany: We had become the Sad and Lame Girls we used to mock. All we could talk about was how much we missed our respective significant others, who...
Bush said it best: safe sex is no sex
In preparation for "Sex Week at Yale," I wanted to share my safe love tips for all the student bodies: 1) Be in a long distance relationship. When you rarely see your significant other, sex becomes nothing but a pleasant memory, like Molly Ringwald's...
Bedding a boyfriend at home takes CIA stealth
Hailing from the decidedly red state of Texas, I feel a bit like a double agent in blue-blooded Connecticut: I'm a liberal feminist on the streets of New Haven, but a sweet southern belle around daddy's ranch -- just a short horseback ride from the Rio...
The Yale Dramat's 'Assassins' aims to please
Stephen Sondheim once said that "art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos." The famed composer and lyricist of such shows as "Into the Woods," "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Sweeney Todd" is also the creator of...
Yaledancers' fall show moves
In the mission statement printed in the program for their fall 2005 show, Yaledancers describe themselves as "a company of dedicated individuals" who "share a common love of dance." Melding a variety of dance styles, musical genres and theatrical...
Doing her best to not be 'that girl'
Like most students at this school, I'm an addict. Drug of choice: caffeine. Recognizing the signs of withdrawal one afternoon (the shakes, blurred vision, foaming at the mouth … wait, that might be rabies), I decided to head to Starbucks for a hit.
Gracefully balancing feminism and fashion
Just to warn you, I am about to use the f-word: Feminism. (Straight men everywhere stop reading this column). Now that it's just us girls, I am willing to toss out a few more expletives: I don't see an inherent contradiction between feminine and...
Opera delight bends gender
Salvador Dali described surrealism as being that force which "destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." In Francis Poulenc's surrealist opera "Les Memelles de Tiresias," the shackles binding traditional views of gender...