BY JOANNA R. SCHACTER Normalcy meets celebrity and we can’t seem to get enough of it. Peering out of the window of what appears to be a very humble flat, a couple is pictured leaning together, a baby cradled in the mother’s arms, and the family dog nestled between her partner’s. The baby and the […]
BY JOANNA R. SCHACTER Puns aside, LGBTQ portrayal in the media is really, really important. When Laverne Cox, known for her role in the television series Orange is the New Black, came to Harvard to discuss her identity as a transgender black woman, and the intersectionality of these components of her identity, I went to […]
BY JOANNA R. SCHACTER Inter-University comedy festival brings improv to the Loeb Drama Center’s ex-theatre. Friday and Saturday night’s LaughRiot, an improv comedy festival hosted by Harvard’s Immediate Gratification Players, made laughter simple. Comedy is a undeniably a difficult medium of expression; jokes can very easily fall flat, audiences can be an unresponsive bunch, and […]