TEA TIME WITH JULIAN | A slope day recovery playlist in 9 acts

Songs for May 9

 

Act 1: Father John Misty – “Nancy From Now On”

Nothing says ‘How did I end up asleep on my friend’s porch?’ quite like a Father John Misty song.  

Act 2: The Fray – “How to Save a Life”

Walk home. Reread your texts from the day before. Grieve.  

Act 3: Tierra Whack – “Only Child”

Make mean eye contact at a CTB employee because you’ve just about had it!

Please Please Please Stop Eating At Chick-Fil-A

By now, we’ve all learned that almost anything can be political. As public discourse is integrated into industry and culture, it’s almost unusual for a company to lack a hot political take or sympathetic philanthropic cause. Plenty of these causes are admirable. Gillete, for example, recently garnered attention for including progressive ideas about masculinity in a major advertising campaign. Did we really need our razors and shaving creams to be sites of political discourse?

TEA TIME WITH JULIAN | A Meditation On Martha

Over the course of the past couple weeks, the BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) movement has been a particularly hot topic on campus. From initial communications between SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) and Martha Pollack to an uneasy session of the Student Assembly, the issue has taken center stage for many campus organizers and members of student government. The Cornell BDS movement primarily calls for Cornell University to divest from Israel, which would require a complete cessation of funding to the state. In a letter released on February 28, Martha Pollack responded to the request for divestment with a firm ‘No’. To be clear, this article is not meant to take a stance on the BDS movement or Pollack’s refusal to divest from the State of Israel.