Anonymous Contribution This day happened before it even began: years of oppression, years of insults to women, people of color, to the LGBTQ+ community, to the disabled. All that hate. Materialized. Just like that. The morning after the election, I wore all black because I couldn’t think of anything better to wear. I passed by…
Category: Voices
Spanglish
by Fernando Rojas There are giants that walk across the desert Prickly pear gods. Names spelt in grains of sand Like water, they’ve returned to the place They always belonged. These giants had babies Bigass babies tattooed with anchors and compasses. One part kept grounded One part moving North. These babies knew better than most…
Reclaiming Our Space
by Joyce Guo I’ll be honest–I wasn’t panicked when I saw the results of the election. I was shocked, confused, but perhaps because of denial or because of my own privilege I naively felt fine. The powers of the president are limited, I reminded myself. Congress is not going to approve a wall, Trump probably…
Publicizing My Business
by Ashia Ajani Anonymous Tumblr user sends a question to user “cantcolonizethispussy” along the lines of : “Hello, I am Indian and I’m a lesbian. I was wondering how you came out to your parents? I’m so scared.” Cantcolonizethispussy responds something along the lines of: “LOL you think I’ve come out to my parents? I’m…
The Ethics of Solidarity
by Sohum Pal Recently, I wandered into Maya’s Room at Silliman College. I had just had brunch and I wanted to see the Love.Study.Struggle exhibition that Down was putting on. I took my time passing through the exhibition —marveling at the beauty and the joy it captured, certainly, but also absorbing the pain of the…