Archive for Brittany Newell

(‘16, Culture and Commentary Editor) (also known as Ratty St. John) is in your walls. Her chewing sounds lull you to sleep. Keep abreast of the bastard at rattysaintjohn.tumblr.com.
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The Bucket Hat from Hell: In Defense of Basic and Bad Bitches

My Facebook Newsfeed has been blowing up lately with pithy and derisive articles about the basic bitch. At first, I only heard lanky gays (holla Lohanthony) and female rappers use the term. Now it seems like everybody’s anti-basic. The basic bitch is the antithesis of the bad bitch. She wears Uggs, drinks Starbucks, watches Glee, and does Zumba. Carrie Underwood = basic. Kreayshawn = bad. Old Miley Cyrus = basic. Miley + mini buns = bad.

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That Week Between Mother’s Day and Exotic Erotic: your week seven playlist

Your friendly reminder that you’ve got a month to prepare for Father’s Day now. Just make sure that the gift you get him isn’t too much better than the $5 picture of yourself you were guilted into getting by those moms near the Bookstore. We’re sure she loved that, though, it was very sweet and from the heart.

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April Showers on Hoover Tower: your week five playlist

So much for a “dry” weekend, am I right? Now that you’re done lying to pro-fros about how happy you are and being over-saturated with a cappella performances, you can finally return to the Stanford experience, like lying to yourself about how happy you are and being over-saturated with a cappella performances.

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March Madness: your finals week playlist

Or sadness, if you’re in twenty two units. Or gladness, if you’re stoked about Stanford Men’s Basketball team’s spot in the tournament, or about this video by the women’s team, or about spring break and the ten wild weeks that are Stanford Spring Quarter.

Let’s stick with gladness. Here are some tracks to get you through to the break.

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