When college isn’t what you thought it would be
by Iris Zhan
So you came to college for certain reasons and you get there and it’s completely different from what you came here for.
Read MoreWellesley College is Not Made for the Marginalized
by Harper Elrod ‘25
CW: Alcohol mention, anti-Latine sentiment discussed, anti-Black racism discussed, classism discussed, depiction of domestic violence, reclamation of the D slur
When I ask the organizer of Dyke Ball if there will be a space for those who struggle with addiction and have trauma around alcohol, I am told that while I won’t be forced to be in a space where alcohol is served, there will be drunk people attending, wherever I choose to be.
Read MoreDead Wellesley Society
By Nabeela Zoss ‘23
CW: Unspecified student death
I wonder what happens to the students who die at Wellesley College.
Read More100 Things You Must Do at Wellesley (the chaotic version)
By Counterpoint Staff
Ascend to the top of the Galen Stone Tower.
Fall unconditionally in love with: a building.
Nachos
by Sanjana Ramchandran ‘22
One of the best things about living in Sev was that Lulu was ridiculously close by, so my friends and I decided to hop over to Café Hoop to wait out the firefighters. Would you rather stand in the freezing Massachusetts air waiting for your dorm to reopen, or escape to someplace warm and full of delicious food? Yeah, I thought so.
Read MoreA Dispatch from the House of Mirrors
by Megan McNally ‘20
I know, of course, that the world has changed. But sometimes I am surprised at the ferocity with which it has not.
Read MoreThe Limbo Rock: Bending the Definition of Success
By Sarah Wong '20
I started my first year at Wellesley as an eager Wendy (yeah, I was totally a Wendy), unable to conceptualize the immense volume of academic knowledge I expected to learn. Over the past thirty-six months, I have learned more than I could have ever imagined, although it hasn’t been what I initially set out to discover.
Read MoreAchieving Inclusivity
By Anjali Benjamin-Webb '18
I recently gave a speech at Wellesley’s Town Hall on “Inclusive Excellence.” My demands seemed to resonate with many, but were likely only heard by those of us who need institutional change the most.
Read MoreOur Bodies Are Political
By Anonymous
Content warning: ableism, fatphobia
I’m twenty-one years old, a senior in grade level only, and I need to get a cane.
Read MoreThe Day After the Protest
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?
Read MoreMore Than Just Stress Culture
By Deb Rowcroft '19
If grades didn’t matter, why would we need a grading policy? Wellesley’s grading policy—or as it’s popularly known, the grade deflation policy—was supposed to attract students to STEM majors and make it so those who “really earned” an A got the recognition they deserved. I mean, really, how will we know how amazing and hardworking a student is if they’re stuck among others with the same grades?
Read MoreExposure "Therapy": Being Low-Income at Wellesley
By Anonymous
Content warning: mention of anxiety
The American ideology of self-sufficiency and inherent, unbounded individual potential, reinforced in many ways by Wellesley, has deeply poisoned how I perceive myself. Being poor at Wellesley has always felt like a personal failure. Why can’t I just work more hours at my jobs? Why can’t I get a job during the school year that pays better? The reality is my jobs can’t give me more hours, I already have two of the best paying jobs on campus, and I need time to devote to academics as well as taking care of my health. How can I pull myself up by the bootstraps if I can’t afford boots?
Read MoreLuisa and Luis Meet and Ariana Happens: A Wellesley Story
By Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas
Content warning: binary language to honor how Luisa and Azucena experienced Wellesley
August 1990.
Luisa arrives at Wellesley, Purple Class of 1994. The Latinas that Azucena had adopted and helped to grow in turn adopt and care for Luisa. Luisa majors in Latin American Studies, becomes a Mellon Mays Scholar, and struggles to learn how to be at a predominantly white institution. Soon, she will find a companion in her struggle who knows what she is going through, too.
Read MoreWellesley's Remix Through Student Voice
By Amanda Wahlstedt '20
If you weren’t aware, college freshmen have been known to party and test the limits of their newfound freedom. “Wellesley,” you may be asking, “where are all the parties?”
For the last two years, the answer has been, “off-campus at MIT, Babson, Olin, or Harvard.” Small dorm kick-backs happen, but there is no school-wide event for Wellesley siblings to celebrate the milestone of a new college semester together…or at least there hasn’t been one since the Class of 2020 got here.
Read MoreLet's Talk About Therapy
By Sophia Temkin '17
Content warning: implication of depression; mention of attempted suicide, sexual assault, and anxiety
The first time I went to therapy, I was in second grade. The last time I went to therapy was about a week ago. I think I’ve spent more years in weekly therapy than not.
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