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In 1980s Bennington it was a badge of dishonour not to have slept with your professor

6 November 2021

9:00 AM

6 November 2021

9:00 AM

Once Upon a Time... at Bennington College

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It is incredibly hard to convey the fleeting invincibility and passionate self-significance that we feel on the cusp of adulthood. Youth goes: the skin fades, the face slackens, the lower back begins to groan in protest. The world dims and we dim with it. Yet generally speaking, we’re as personally winded by that realisation as we are indifferent to it in others.

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