(Photo: Jake Chessum)

Zoe Swartz, Mount Holyoke Student, Main Beach

What’s your cat’s name?
Hosanna. It’s some sort of Rastafarian religious term to praise God.

Do you always take cats to the beach?
No. My other cat is this sort of old woman with a fragile sense of dignity. She wants to be home on her bed, cloistered and alone, eating Fancy Feast.

Does the cat help with picking up guys?
Actually, it’s usually gay men who are interested in the cat. He’s a social lubricant on their dates.

Do you dye your hair?
Yeah, with Punky Color. I do blue on one side sometimes. It tends to fade in the sun. It’s green now. I sort of get that pool-dog effect, like it’s overchlorinated.

What are you doing this summer?
I’m an intern at this place called Shecky’s Media. I help write girls’-night-out city guides.

What are you wearing?
A random Calvin Klein bikini. I don’t believe in sarongs or those little overskirts, because everyone knows what you’re trying to hide under there. It’s like when someone’s picking their nose in the car. We can all see you.