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Willow Delp '26

Willow Delp '26

Managing Opinion Editor

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Writing Disability at Amherst College

Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 discusses their work on the Anti-Ableist Amherst column over the past four years. This entry is a reflection on the discourse that they have both been a part of and witnessed in their time at Amherst, and a thank you to everyone who has contributed.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: My Hopes for the New Student Center

Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 advocates for a dedicated disability and neurodiversity resource center in the new Student Center and Dining Commons, arguing that true equity requires intentional spaces that affirm disabled students’ belonging beyond legal accessibility.

The Myth of Integration: Social Divides at Amherst College

Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 investigates Amherst’s persistent social divides, arguing that the campus’s celebrated diversity is undermined by structural factors like the student-athlete divide and patterns of self-segregation.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Notes From An Ex-Epileptic

Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 reflects on life after epilepsy, arguing that medical remission does not erase the social and political barriers that continue to marginalize disabled people in an ableist society.

The Indicator x The Student: “to live, to bleed”

The Indicator x The Student: “to live, to bleed”

From The Indicator’s fall 2025 issue, Willow Delp ’26 explores themes of sacrifice and life versus death in “to live, to bleed,” a piece that depicts an unsettling and gory ritual between two girls.

Race Science, Taught at Amherst

Columnist Willow Delp ’26 uncovers a disturbing chapter of Amherst’s past, confronting how deeply racism was embedded in the college’s academic history and arguing that reckoning with these truths is essential to any genuine commitment to anti-racism today.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Disability Pride

Columnist Willow Delp ’26 calls for a new vision of Amherst, one where disabled members of the community are supported enough to replace shame with acceptance and pride.