Jessica Goldstein
Recent articles
Say Anything | Ding, dong, the witch is dead
Maybe some day we'll tell our kids what terrorism was, not what it is.
Farewell Column by Jessica Goldstein | It’s always sunny in Philadelphia
Former columnist Jessica Goldstein writes a farewell column reminiscing about her first tour of Penn and how she immediately liked the school.
Say Anything | Ain’t nothin’ but a Fling thang
Dearest fellow Quakers, this concert is two hours long. If your best friend is sitting in another section, you’ll be okay.
Say Anything | Change we can’t believe in
Take away everything else, Penn. It’s okay. But do not take our e-mails.
Say Anything | Supporting women? Not in my House
A ban on Planned Parenthood funding isn’t a vote against abortion at all; it’s a vote against women's health.
Say Anything | ‘Rape’ is a four-letter word
Casual misuse of the word ‘rape’ is abhorrent and absolutely unacceptable.
Say Anything | Must be the money
Stop asking seniors to donate to Seniors for the Penn Fund. We already give money to Penn: $40,000 a year. Seniors and our barely-there bank accounts should be left alone.
Say Anything | Touched by an agent
Bring on your pat-downs, Transportation Security Administration agents. I’d rather let an agent get to second base with me than let a terrorist get a bomb on my plane.
Say Anything | Food fight: cake vs. pie
There is one war which wages on even as other fights are won and lost. You are either on Team Cake or Team Pie. I am on Team Pie. Pie isn’t just more scrumptious than cake. It is also more American.
Say Anything | Liz Lemon: grad speaker
Perhaps you’ve seen the Facebook group aimed at getting professional funny lady Tina Fey to our graduation. I am hopeful that we can get Fey here.
Say Anything | (Un)dressing for Halloween
There isn't anything wrong with being next to naked on Halloween, should that be your costume of choice. My issue is with the fact it’s practically impossible to find an acceptable alternative.
Say Anything | Don't go for broke
Unpaid internships are inherently elitist. They prevent individuals from having equal access to the opportunities that will make them desirable hires in the future.
Say Anything | No freshman girls allowed
There is a rule that states that freshman women are not allowed to attend any fall semester sorority events involving alcohol. I hate this rule.
Say Anything | Happiness is … a pretty face?
Beauty does translate into happiness, and the science that claims it doesn’t isn’t connecting enough of the dots.
Say Anything | Boys and girls: more alike than you think
Boys think about girls just as obsessively as girls think about boys.
Say Anything | Your love is a drug?
Regardless of your opinion of the legitimacy of sex addiction, you can still use the Tiger Woods scandal as a catalyst for a conversation about infidelity and sexual behavior.
Say Anything | (Always) on the edge of 17
The Catcher in the Rye has a hold on us — adults included — even though it seems on the surface to be a book for and about teenagers.
Say Anything | Is the president too cool?
At Penn, it feels like much of the student body is still infatuated with our audaciously hopeful president. Have we stopped questioning him because we like him too much?
Say anything | Smells like tween spirit
Penn students love tween stars. I wish we didn’t, because it’s pretty embarrassing.
Students flaunt environmental causes
Red and blue made green Friday as the Penn Environmental Group hosted GreenFest. The annual festival is designed "to let Penn students and the community know that there's an active student interest in environmental sustainability," PEG director Jen Tintenfass said.
