It is time to get a little personal. It is time to talk about feelings. Silence about feelings. It is time to disrupt this problem with silence that Cathy Park…
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The Trouble with Paradise
by Guest Contributor March 21, 2017Featured photo — “a city through a jungle” — from author Katie Simpson. Each night my dad made the same toast: “to another day in paradise.” Our glasses clinked as we…
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The Beast of LGBTQ+ Representation: How Disney’s New Beauty and the Beast Movie Reinforces Old Stereotypes
by Guest Contributor March 15, 2017Photo via comingsoon.net. As a young girl, I watched fairytale “happily ever after” endings, and I wondered why none of the princesses fell in love with another princess. I wanted to…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayCurrent EventsOpinionPolitics
Stepping Out of the Binary
by Lisa Eve Cheby February 27, 2017I am not an avid protester, despite my history as a graduate from a proud hippie-college and my work with the National Organization for Women in my twenties. The t-shirt…
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Sounding the all-clear on DACA because the new administration hasn’t gutted the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program yet is like stepping out into the French Quarter immediately after the…
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Why I’m Marching on Sacramento
by David Flores January 21, 2017What started as a Facebook post created by a retired attorney from Hawaii to protest the results of the election turned, overnight, into a massive movement. During the Women’s March…
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Mini-Syllabus: Stories That Will Teach You How to Write
by Guest Contributor January 13, 2017Great stories are all well and good, but there are some that are so perfectly written that they are actually able to teach more to their readers about the craft…
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It’s Not About You & Your Gas Light is Still On
by Janice Sapigao December 13, 2016A Call for Civic Responsibility from San José State University (SJSU) and the City of San José, CA “How difficult is it for one body to feel the injustice…
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Live the questions now
by Alexandra Kamerling November 21, 2016Like I imagine many of us are during this “what should have been” moment in women’s history, I have been thinking about the women in my family from past generations.…
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What the World Needs Now
by Mikhal Weiner November 13, 2016November 9th, 2016 was not the end of the world. This isn’t the first time a demagogue used an existing system to take control of a country. It certainly isn’t the first…
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Post-Election Day Thoughts: A love (trumps hate) letter
by Britt Starr November 12, 2016Dear Muslim persons: I see your radiant beauty–in each and all of your varied forms. I respect you. I want you to know I love you. You belong here. We…
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Election Thoughts (Cont’d)
by Entropy November 11, 2016Continued thoughts on the election: From Max, in Oakland, California: White people need to take ownership of this. If you are crushed by this result then you need to start…
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I’m reading the Iliad for the first time–the new translation by Caroline Alexander. It feels like the perfect time to delve into the classics, especially poetry. I don’t expect to find answers…