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Star Island

April 30, 2019 by Editor-in-Chief in Identity

by Ely Willard ’20

Every summer, my family goes to Star Island for a week. It’s a tiny island ten miles off the coast of the New Hampshire-Maine border, in a cluster of eight other islands known as the Isles of Shoals. For the past hundred years, Unitarian Universalists and Congregationalists have hosted week-long conferences there throughout the summer. My family always goes to one of the UU weeks even though none of us go to church that often. But people from all faiths are welcome, and most of the programming has no direct religious connection. It’s kind of like summer camp, but for whole families, not just kids.

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April 30, 2019 /Editor-in-Chief
star island, summer, gender identity, transgender students
Identity
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Learn How to Be Like a Wellesley Student!

October 28, 2018 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life

(Or, How to Let Yourself Die at the Hands of an Institution That Only Cares for Your Money)

by Alicia Margarita Olivo '20

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October 28, 2018 /Editor-in-Chief
Wellesley College, transgender students, people of color, student voice
Campus Life
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The Day After the Protest

February 19, 2018 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life, Politics

By Anonymous

Content warning: discussion of transphobic rhetoric, mention of restricted eating

Yesterday, a Freedom Project speaker’s presence was an attack on trans students. Last year, it was an attack on assault survivors. What if something changed?

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February 19, 2018 /Editor-in-Chief
transphobia, lgbt, the freedom project, wellesley college, activism, student protest, transgender students
Campus Life, Politics
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