Barnard Class of 2002

10/09/2023

We were in the neighborhood today so we wandered onto campus. At the bookstore, I met these two wonderful students working there and I asked them what would they like to see if they met a Barnard 2002 alum? They answered: “Someone who lives their life with compassion” (Cameron) and “Someone who is excited about their future while respecting their past.” (Alillia). I just love Barnard students.

09/18/2023

“Female professors in the United States earn 17.7 percent less than their male peers, according to data published by the American Association of University Professors.” Still, one expects (or at least hopes…) for better from a former Seven Sister.

Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.

09/09/2023

Anyone else see this? Apparently co-ed schools are favoring men because they’re worried too many women are being admitted relative to the percentage of admitted men.
“At the University of Georgia, admissions officers automatically gave male candidates an additional 0.25 points (out of a possible score of 8.15)”

Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.

02/23/2023

One of the best things about Barnard women is that we don’t usually suffer from a lack of confidence; we know we’re amazing! That said, this woman looks fantastic so I’m going to attend & hopefully learn a few new things. Anyone interested in joining me?
~Gretchen

Join Lydia Fenet as she discusses her new book, Claim Your Confidence, an actionable guide to overcoming your fear and finding confidence within. Her address will be followed by a Q&A, book signing, and cocktail hour. Barnard Trustees and Gala Co-Chairs Caroline Bliss Spencer ’09 and Amy Crate '...

12/17/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): Alyssa Sheinmel's (Class of '02) young adult novels cover a range of timely and difficult topics from different viewpoints;. Fun fact - one of her novels is based on a web series!

Alyssa Sheinmel author Alyssa Sheinmel’s writing is so true, her characters so real, that they live on long after the last page is turned.—New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice FollowFollowFollow Alyssa Sheinmel © 2021 Privacy Policy

12/15/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): The novels of Ottessa Moshfegh (Class of '02), have garnered critical claim and are New York Times bestsellers. She has also been profiled by publications such as The New Yorker and and New York Magazine. Descriptions of "My Year of Rest and Relaxation", "Eileen" and others can be found at the link below!

Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for...

12/14/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): Want to support a non-profit collective space that not only sells books, but also provides space for youth development, community meetings, art, and more ? Buy from Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, founded by Veronica Liu, Class of '02!

Word Up is a collectively run, multilingual, general-interest bookshop, community space, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Washington Heights NYC. Your donation will help support our mission of making books more accessible to communities and, in turn, building community. Support Word Up's mi...

12/13/2022

Gift-Giving Recommendations (cont.): The sustainable and elegant jewelry created by Amanda Brotman, Class of '02, will be a treasured gift for any lucky recipient! Her shop, Amanda Pearl, is linked below.

Female founded and women run, we have rebelled against the traditional retail model and discount culture to make a new kind of purposeful luxury. Sustainably and locally made in NYC, we’ve cut out the middlemen and markups to be able to bring you the best possible prices, every day, with 10% of sa...

12/11/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): How beautiful is the name of this book? For the academic in your life, "Lyrical Strains" by Elissa Zellinger, Class of '02, explores how the poetry of the excluded and marginalized has helped define modern liberalism.

In this book, Elissa Zellinger analyzes both political philosophy and poetic theory in order to chronicle the consolidation of the modern lyric and the liber...

12/10/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): Class of '02 author Violet Lumani recently published her first novel: "Foretold". It's a young adult fantasy novel but come on - we all know plenty of adults who love a good YA story! Read more about her at the link below!

7 About Books News Events Contact THERE’S A PRICE TO PAY FOR UNRAVELING FATE’S STRANDS. Cassandra sees death and destruction all around her. In vivid detail. It’s the price of living with her OCD and extreme anxiety: in every single situation, Cass imagines the worst possible fate for everyone...

12/09/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): Did you know journalist & writer Courney Martin, Class of '02, has a new book out? "Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School" is now available at the link below!

12/07/2022

Gift-Giving Season Recommendations (cont.): Do you have a teenager in your life for whom you need the perfect read? I'd love to suggest award-winning author Nadine Courtney, Class of '02: Check out her young adult novels below!

Depends on neighborhood! I walk everywhere in Santa Monica, though never at 9 pm. But when I lived in WeHo for two years without a car (walking four miles a day!) people thought it was weird and unfathomable.