I’m Scared to Write this Column

There’s a folder in my Google Drive for unpublished, unpitched articles intended for The Crimson. Mostly political commentaries, each piece usually calls for more ideological inclusion or debunks another stereotype about Harvard conservatives. In the end, though, I never hit send; I enumerate excuses. It needs more edits. Fewer words. I’m too busy.

But I’ve been fooling myself. It’s fear, not a lack of refinement, that characterizes this unpublished folder.