As we, the non-graduating editors on The Tattler Editorial Board, reflected on the past year, we realized that it would be remiss not to express…
Posts published in “Byline: RAIA GUTMAN”
Coming-of-Age Romance Reading List for Summer 2021
By RAIA GUTMAN on June 2021
If it’s anything like this school year, summer 2021 will necessitate a wide range of entertainment to pass the time and imagine a different world.…
The Dollhouse
By RAIA GUTMAN on June 2021
i’ve set my room up like a dollhouse: rotary telephone atop the wood desk in the corner, teacup atop the wood shelf against the wall…
The Zodiacs’ Defining Moments of Summer 2021
By RAIA GUTMAN on June 2021
Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20): Finding a new hiking spot with dazzling proximity to your favorite waterfall and passing cute dogs on the trail. …
Editor’s Note: This article was written in response to an opinion article, Distance Learning at IHS: A Clear-Eyed Assessment and a Call to Action, featured…
Judith Slaying Holofernes
By RAIA GUTMAN on March 2021
How had he wronged you? Had he spilt your blood or the blood of your sister with that same sword? How heavy and strong was…
21 Good Things to Come in 2021
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2021
Having trudged through ten months of a pandemic, impeached a president twice, and watched the state of the planet deteriorate with little hope for recovery,…
Nonets
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2021
I: Transcendental Above the forest floor, see the trees. The trees, under a clouded sky, Stretching like hands, stretching toward What to them is so…
Dear Lover
By RAIA GUTMAN on December 2020
On the twelfth of December, It will have been eight months. I ceased more than I started eight months ago — Stopped pretending I don’t…
Excerpt from Lady Lazarus
By RAIA GUTMAN on December 2020
On Wednesday, we went to a state park, and again, Rhiannon was in my group. Reaching a cliff’s edge after an hour hike, I noticed…
Commentary on the 2006 Tattler: The Electoral College
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
In November 2006, approximately fourteen years ago, an IHS student named Annette S. wrote an article for the Tattler entitled “The Electoral College: An Anachronism?”…
Troubled Blood: J.K. Rowling’s Prejudice Bleeds Through
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Published in September of this year, Troubled Blood is the fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series, which renowned author J.K. Rowling has been writing…
Sentimental Study Session Playlist
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Some of us may prefer silence over study music, but a well-curated playlist can set the mood for focus and positivity. Listening to these songs…
Ode to Hybrid Learning
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Thanks to you, streetlamp, I see the yellows and reds of autumn. On my way to school, the halls are quiet But for the buckling,…
Ithaca Community Confronts Police Violence
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2020
Backlash against police has a historical precedent, most notably in the cases of young Black men who were unarmed at the times of their deaths.…
Social Media Activism Is Not Enough
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT, RAIA GUTMAN on October 2020
With abundant free time due to the pandemic, many of America’s teenagers and young adults have turned to social media to while away the hours.…
Elegy on the Dialectic
By RAIA GUTMAN on March 2020
The sky has awoken, but still you are not here. You are in a bed somewhere or caught in the folds of time and space,…
Obscure National Holidays
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2020
Obscure national holidays are a little known treasure. We all know Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day, and Valentine’s Day, but how many of us mark “Tweed Day”…
Hall Monitor
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2020
Cats Is Fun, But Not Worth The Money
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2020
Walking into theatre seven of our local Regal Cinemas, I was not expecting to see a good movie. Instead, I hoped to momentarily forget the…
Dedicated to My Shower Gel
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2020
Cucumber and melon I feel tied to the earth with a heap of you on my fingers. I haven’t eaten melon since summer, cucumber I…
December Events in Ithaca
By RAIA GUTMAN on December 2019
December can be a beautiful month, with snow on the ground and free time during break, but sometimes we find ourselves with nothing to do.…
Halloween Costume Ideas
By MJ STUELKE, RAIA GUTMAN on October 2019
Autumn Playlist
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2019
The autumn months evoke great memories and strong associations in some people. Whether your favorite part of fall is warm drinks, colorful leaves, turtlenecks, or…
Percy and Jay: Chapter One
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2019
They met at a housewarming party on Terrace Road, a housewarming party in a large white house with a barn behind it. The boy on…
Untitled
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2019
Autumn’s musings greet me as a weathered friend She escorts me through dying sunlight’s gaze She kisses me and with it draws red blood, Which…
Jake Myers Interview
By RAIA GUTMAN on September 2019
What’s it like to spend a day with the producer of Mission: Impossible? In my experience, it included listening to Tegan and Sara in the…