February 2012
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Pearls and Cashmere: Dear Smithies! →
pearlsandcashmere:
Due to input from other students and our own concerns, we would like to respectfully request that you do not submit your SAT scores/GPAs. Many people have expressed feeling alienated by posts that do this, and we want everyone to feel comfortable with this project.
EDIT: This includes asks. We…
This is so Smith. And so silly.
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“Smelly cat, smelly cat
What are they feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat
It’s...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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Vote to get the Anne Spurzem controversy on CNN! →
pearlsandcashmere:
Someone posted this link on the facebook wall, so we’re sharing it here. This would be super cool!
I think it’s inevitable that this gets some news coverage.
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One Art by Elizabeth Bishop →
petrifiedcats:
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring...
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pearlsandcashmere:
A limerick in honor of Ms. Spurzem, composed by my family (mom, dad, and little brother) and I over dinner: There once was a Smithie outrageous Who burned Simone Beauvoir’s pages So in chains of cashmere and pearls so austere, She said, “Ladies, return to your cages!”
Lily Samuels, Class of 2011
I hope this Spurzem lady is feelin’ the intense shame she deserves.
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“I had a cat named Snowball…
She died!
She died!
Mom said she was sleeping…...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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“Like, y’know, whatever.”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (via libraryland)
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