my social experiment

ive been thinking about the way social norms are created at college they teach that social norms are the product of devious white Baptist men in three piece suits who are always played by alan rickman in the movies they teach that we should do our best to question them they also teach that most [...]

How to Make a Friend

I hate living on campus.
I lived on campus my freshman year, part of a terrible social experiment designed to get you out of your box. As with most social experiments, it was a colossal failure that the private sector could have done for half price.
I had a little board on my door, upon which one [...]

RE: RE: A Plea to the Gay Community

You make a compelling argument again. Clearly, we must try out homosexual marriage to determine whether or not it is a viable alternative to traditional marriage.
The point about departure from slavery is well taken. It was a terrible system that has been promoted throughout history, and it took a vast and different “experiment” to make [...]

RE: A Plea to the Gay Community

In response to an extremely thoughtful and eloquent comment on an earlier piece:
I am surprised Studlife refused to publish this satirical op-ed; it would have spurred an interesting dialogue on the role of morality and the reclassification of gender/sexual norms in our society.
No, it would have just been the subject of countless letters from misunderstanding [...]

A Plea to the Gay Community

The campus newspaper, Student Life, refused to publish the following article.
I would like to express my gratitude to all those members of the Washington University Pride Alliance for the work they have done to make Washington University safe for those of non-straight gender description. I feel the social constraints to conform to the standard. [...]