Coming Up…Weaving Voices Monologues
Posted: April 19, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
brought to you by Weaving Voices
about the event….
Each year there is an increase of domestic students of color entering Smith College. But what have been their individualized and shared experiences during the last four years? What are their stories?
In a society that privileges white, upper-middle class, heterosexual, able-bodied wo/men, dominant ideologies and people write stories on our bodies about and for us, without ever asking us to speak. This was evident in Anne Spurzem’s Letter to the Editor in The Sophian, where she wrote a narrative specifically about students of color, without ever asking us about our Smith experience(s). The Weaving Voices Monologues seek to share the stories written and told by students of color; to celebrate and honor the labor and struggles that it took to survive and thrive within the last four years; and to pass on our lived experiences as knowledge to future generations. It is not, however, our responsibility to represent all students of color; we can only speak for ourselves. We may share similar struggles shaped by systems of oppression but we are not tokens of the communities with which we identify. These are our stories, our experiences and our knowledge shaped not only by race/ethnicity, but also by class, gender, sexuality, etc. We are leaving evidence for those who come after us, passing on “that there are other ways to live–past survival; past isolation.”
when?: This Friday, April 19th, at 9PM
where?: Campus Center Carroll Room
cost: free!
Facebook event page can be found here!
Please share and encourage all to come!
note…This is not an open mic.
Youtriedyoufailed new Smith tumblr… My thoughts.
Posted: March 16, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blog, fail, rant, smith, smith blog, smith rants, smith tumblr, tumblr, tumblr blog, you tried you failed, youtriedyoufailed, youtriedyoufailed.tumblr.com Leave a comment »There is a new Smith tumblr going around: Youtriedyoufailed.tumblr.com
It is a sarcastic blog intended to rant about all things Smith. A mix between smith confessional, smith’d and isawyousmith, a few writers are discussing issues that they are annoyed or irritated with or just find strange and want to write about. Some are saying that the blog isn’t very nice, but to play devils advocate the authors don’t single anyone out and have recently stated that if anyone finds anything offensive, all they have to do is send a message to youtriedyoufailed.tumblr.com/ask and say that they find something offensive and why, and the authors of the blog will take it down immediately.
It is intended to be a funny way to get agression that they feel towards other students who are being irritating, professors, the administration and even northampton locals.
You can submit things that you find irritating or just funny and weird. I am a fan of the blog and I bet you will be too!
Go check it out
youtriedyoufailed.tumblr.com
Weekly Smithconfessional Post(s)
Posted: February 25, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
And just when you think your faith can be mildly restored………
Potty Problemz
Posted: February 24, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment »
I have a recurring problem with getting sprayed in the face by toilet water. Last week, as I finished a long morning of monotone lectures, I made my way to the bathroom on the first floor of Seelye. As I peed, I noticed the walls of the stall had water all over them. At this point, I should have had the sense to not do what I did next which was flush the toilet without shielding myself. When I flushed, my face and hair were sprayed with a lovely mix of urine and toilet water, and the walls were sprayed (again) as well. The pale golden liquid now wafting its scent off my face was not exactly the Eau de Toilette I had in mind when I put on my perfume that morning. Though sad, I found this ordeal to be one of the funniest things that’s happened to me in a while.
A few days later, I was sprayed TWICE by two different toilets in my house. I’m not sure if toilet spraying is a common issue at Smith, or if the toilet spirits are trying to fuck with me, but either way I am simultaneously disgusted and extremely amused.
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COMING UP…FREE Night at Your Museum
Posted: February 21, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
from Shama Rahman ’13
brought to you by Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA)
what’s this all about?: The SCMA is hosting its first ever student-only event this Friday to commemorate the Collecting Art of Asia exhibition in the Museum right now. Commemorating 100 years of Asian art in the Museum’s collection, the Collecting Art of Asia exhibition includes Traditional, Contemporary, Prints from 1950 to the present, as well as Video Art.
why should I go?: This is a chance to celebrate the art of Asia with a free, student-only event at YOUR Museum! The night will also feature Asian appetizers by Tryon Common starting at 7pm (om nom), performances by EKTA and Smith’s K-Pop Dance Crew at 8:30 (fun!), music by WOZQ all night long, and calligraphy and Origami-making.
when?: Friday, February 22nd, from 7 to 10 PM
where?: Smith College Museum of Art
cost: free!
Any questions? More information can be found here.
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Coming Up…Smith Music Collective Presents: SMC Serenade
Posted: February 13, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Get your groove on this Valentine’s Day with Smith Music Collective Presents: SMC Serenade, whether you’re with someone (or someones), ridin’ solo, or anywhere in between.
We Need to Talk About the Bathrooms.
Posted: February 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bathroom, disgusting, dorm, gross Leave a comment »
So I took a picture of the bathroom in my dorm, as you can see above.
Ok, ok, I’ll admit that this isn’t technically a bathroom at Smith, but it sure looks like it. To be clear, this is no fault of the housekeeping staff, at all. However, for as long as I’ve been here, I’ve noticed that people blatantly disrespect this public space and essentially think of it as a giant garbage can that they don’t have to deal with. Although one of the first things that we do when we get to Smith is go through the house and talk about respect and taking your hair out of the drain, cleaning up your toothpaste, and being respectful of the public spaces that we share as a community in general, people still seem to have an issue abiding by this. Let’s take this time to review.
Some things of note:
- The showers have hair and stains from god knows what, all over the walls and other disgustingness covering the floors. Clean up after yourself.
- Although there are signs EVERYWHERE that say to not throw your trash away in the bathroom garbage cans, people somehow still think that it is OK to throw away their old chinese food and pizza in the bathrooms and let it sit there for a week, making the entire bathroom smell like…well, gross.
- The sinks have old toothpaste in them. There are dirty dishes sprawled across sink tops. Old food is poured into the sink. Throw it away. Take that shit downstairs.
- Also, if you’re going to cut your hair don’t put it in the sink. It doesn’t come out of the drain, you can try to rinse it out but it doesn’t come out and there is hair everywhere. Also if you’re going to shave your pubes on the toilet (yes, this happens), i mean.. don’t? Just don’t. It’s so gross.
- I’ve even witnessed several people vomiting into the sinks. The toilets are LITERALLY five feet away. You seriously can’t walk that far and make the bathrooms a little bit more livable for the rest of us?
- Toilets are probably worse than all of the other things in the bathroom combined. When you go to the bathroom, please PLEASE flush, and if you get any sort of fluid (or solid) on the toilet seat or god forbid the floor, TAKE CARE OF IT. When the rest of us are going to use the toilets we don’t want to sit in menstrual blood. Also if you sprinkle when you tinkle, wipe it up. Clean up after yourself. If its brown flush it down, if its yellow flush it down, if it’s any other color flush it down!
- Just wash your hands. Just do it. It takes 1 minute. Please wash your hands.
- So there are no longer paper towels in the bathrooms. Some have put personal towels in bathroom cubbies. If the towel isn’t yours, don’t fucking use it. It’s gross and disrespectful. Like, have you heard of the flu? Germs? Bacteria?
- If a member of the housekeeping staff is cleaning your bathroom, say hi, tell them thank you, and tell them to have a good day. The housekeeping staff are gods. Treat them as such.
I know this is pretty vulgar and out there, but it’s the harsh truth and something seriously needs to be done about it. This isn’t just a big fuck you to everyone living in your community, it’s also incredibly disrespectful to the people who have to clean it up.
