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Adeline Allen This year I am a wide receiver and defensive back for Andover’s JV Football Team. When people find out, I get the same three questions (usually in this order): are you a cheerleader? A manager? The kicker?  The fourth question I get all the time is why I decided to play. Long storyContinue reading “A Common Language”

The explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. Kaitlin Lim “No, yeah, I think I understand more computer science than you do,” he scoffed. I immediately froze and slowly turned to look at him. “I’m taking CS 500 right now anyways, so yeah.” IContinue reading “mansplaining, manˌsplāniNG (n.)”

by Ashley Alavarez   Do you know what it’s like? Do you know what it is like to hold someone so precious so beautiful so powerful so important and be unsure if your hands are enough to protect the girl in your arms? The first time I asked myself this question I was seven yearsContinue reading “Enough”