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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The right to spit: criminalization of spit through time

The right to spit: criminalization of spit through time

Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer December 12, 2024

The average human produces 0.3-0.4 milliliters of spit per minute, totaling 0.5-1.5 liters per day, according to the Journal of Medicine and Life. That’s roughly a 32-ounce Hydro Flask full of spit every...

Sex ed post-Living Well cuts

Sex ed post-Living Well cuts

Noah Diedrich, News Editor December 12, 2024

From depleted condom dispensers to the end of Sex Ed Office Hours, positive sexuality programming at UVM has suffered following a slew of cuts to Living Well, said Erin Kelley, a senior who was involved...

Pain, pleasure and pressure: the rise of rough sex

Pain, pleasure and pressure: the rise of rough sex

Nora Sissenich and Liliana Mefford December 12, 2024

In the midst of a sexual recession, young adults are having rougher sex than ever before. “Sex has not always been this rough,” said Debby Herbenick, professor at the Indiana University School of...

Winner of the Noah Kahan look-alike contest, Sam Spanierman, Dec. 5.

Bring life to “Stick Season”

Grace Wang, Co-Editor-In-Chief December 6, 2024

“If you’re wearing a flannel, have your hair in French braids or can sing, even a little, get on stage, now,” rang out from a megaphone outside the Davis Center.  A crowd gathered on the Andrew...

Taglit-Birthright Israel: a free sex vacation?

Taglit-Birthright Israel: a free sex vacation?

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion Editor December 4, 2024

In American Jewish culture, there are two major non-religious rites of passage: sleepaway camp and Birthright.  And I don’t think I’m out of line to assert that both of these formative experiences...

How my sex life changed on Nov. 5

How my sex life changed on Nov. 5

Emma Dinsmore, Digital Media Editor December 4, 2024

After waking up at 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 6 and checking my phone, the way I view my relationship with sex shifted completely. When I went to bed on the 5th, I still had hope for the right to make choices...

Self-commodification is the price for love

Self-commodification is the price for love

Amelia Duffy, Culture Staff Writer December 2, 2024

The point of a dating app, from the perspective of a dating app, is to find love. But to access this love, one must construct themselves in a way that demonstrates their adequacy and worth. This is...

The Roxy’s closure: a terrible sign for the future of cinema

The Roxy’s closure: a terrible sign for the future of cinema

Simon Stanwood, Opinion Columnist November 22, 2024

I’ve gone to Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, also known as the Roxy, almost every weekend I’ve attended UVM, so it was quite a shock when its closure was announced earlier this month. Late on Nov. 7, the...

I still love my Trump-voting family

I still love my Trump-voting family

Kendall Evans, Opinion Columnist November 22, 2024

I woke up under a blanket of unseasonably warm temperatures and met the eyes of my girlfriend. Communal tears began to swell but all we could do was hold each other. There was nowhere to put this pain...

Sex and the Cynic: I hate my best friend’s boyfriend

Sex and the Cynic: I hate my best friend’s boyfriend

Opinion staff November 21, 2024

I have never been in a relationship.  However, I have seen my friends get in and out of relationships over the years, giving me a unique third-person perspective on this. I have a friend: “Vape...

Burlington needs a legal graffiti wall

Burlington needs a legal graffiti wall

Zane Baker, Opinion Columnist November 15, 2024

In cities across the world, legal graffiti walls have been designed in order to provide artists with a safe space to showcase their talents as well as to deter illegal graffiti, but Burlington doesn’t...

All you need is love: “Shrinking” season two

All you need is love: “Shrinking” season two

Maya Surrenti, Assistant Culture Editor November 15, 2024

An easy watch—and not only because of easy-on-the-eyes 82-year-old Harrison Ford—“Shrinking” is back with a second season.  Season two came out Oct. 16. With it came more of the loveable Jimmy,...

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