Laetitia Duler hands me a little amber vial and says it’s happiness. “Smell it.”

“They’re test tube babies,” my cousin said to me once of French Bulldogs, her dog Kiko’s breed, as we sat together over some holiday dinner. French Bulldogs have been bred since the 19th century, I learned. Male French Bulldogs are too weak to mount females, so the dogs have to be inseminated artificially, baked like pies in ovens.

"Tiny Dorm Concerts" is a recurring video segment of The Eye that features Barnard and Columbia-affiliated artists performing their music where they most often play it—the places they live. Artists also have the opportunity to talk about their music, backgrounds, and involvement on campus.

"Tiny Dorm Concerts" is a new recurring video segment of The Eye that features Barnard and Columbia-affiliated artists performing their music where they most often play it—the places they live. Artists also have the opportunity to talk about their music, backgrounds, and involvement on campus.

“This is my America just as much as it’s anyone else’s,” she remarks. My clogged phone speaker turns her mellow voice coarse, mechanical. The Barnard senior speaks to me over the phone—and anonymously—because in her America, she does not feel safe enough otherwise.