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Sitting Down with a Local Cat Celebrity
Pawfluencer Pip Iguana Pinto is making headlines again after trying the men’s litterbox at Pinto Tower. “It’s new and stainless steel. Mine’s plastic. Sexist,” she says. Known for viral antics like licking PetSmart treats without paying, Pinto isn’t phased by fame. When paparazzi appeared, she flashed her middle paw pad. “I want movies, shows, a podcast—everything,” she declares. Asked about Grumpy Cat, she shrugs: “Who?” There’s only one Pip—and she’ll pee wherever she wants

Gabriella Pinto
Nov 7, 20253 min read


Address of a Young Socialist
To my peers, and to my community, It was winter break, December 2024 and while my mind was reeling from months of late rent payments and struggles with college courses, my mother surprised me for Christmas with a flight to North Carolina. She moved months ago, and what little she knew of my struggle on campus, she knew less of my struggle on my own. I was scared to step away from so much responsibility, even for a few days. My mother’s worry is worse than any anxiety. I could
Patch Bowen
Oct 27, 20253 min read




‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’: Volunteers Fight Nationwide Erasure of Queer Identities
Mural above APNH check-in desk. Credit - Patch Bowen, Horseshoe Magazine 2025 Early into Hartford Healthcare’s partnership with the...
Patch Bowen
Sep 26, 20252 min read


The largest hospitals in Connecticut are cutting transgender services. Permanently.
“In Connecticut, we don’t inject politics into private family medical decisions, and we don’t let adults bully our kids. It’s that simple.”
Patch Bowen
Sep 12, 20254 min read


50 Years Since a Forgotten Genocide
Hate is a powerfully destructive tool. Covering up the nightmarish past is another.
April 17, 1975. Tanks emerge on the streets of the capital city, Phnom Penh. Cambodia is about to come to the end of a brutal five-year civil war amid decades of political turmoil. The United States-backed Khmer Republic government had been defeated, and the U.S. Embassy and other officials had been evacuated just five days earlier. Yet about five decades ago, among the mass refugees and chee
horseshoemag
Apr 25, 20254 min read


I Can't Worry About My Future When I'm So Worried About a Nation’s Past: A Look Into Title IX
"No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to...

Jade Edwards-Figueroa
Feb 21, 20253 min read


A History of Leadership at the University of New Haven
Asher Duke Mar. 7 2024 Courtesy of the University of New Haven The University of New Haven as an academic institution has existed for...
horseshoemag
Dec 17, 20244 min read


Administrative Evil in the Context of Mass Killings
James Asher Feb. 8 2024 While evil as a sociological concept is abstract and hard to define, administrative evil is not. Administrative...
horseshoemag
Dec 17, 20243 min read


College Organization and Student Experience
Anne Lee Nov.28 2024 Categorizing colleges makes it easier to judge them. People care about their safety, and college size influences on...
horseshoemag
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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