Luciel Saeed – Desh Auraut
Desh Auraut is abt the women who struggled to even survive. To the british starving 15 million south asians, splitting up famili es permanently. women of this land never lost their love, they never lost their spirit. If the british fought, they fought harder. From the silk theyd make for their/ brides, to the henna […]
Casey Mottola – Once Upon a Time
Lesbian – Sappho Born in 620 BCE, Sappho of Lebos is known for her poetry and its depictions of her love for another woman. Sappho is the origin for ‘Sapphic’ which describes the romantic love between women (or non-men). So does the term ‘Lesbian,’ named after her homeland. In the piece depicting Sappho, she is […]
Mika Catangay – Late Spring
For the longest time, I struggled with the thought of you, disagreed with you on several different fronts, and grappled with the burden of accepting you. You and I, though the same, were simultaneously completely different; you represented someone I no longer am, and a version of myself that I wished to forget. That is […]
A Pause for Sanity: The City
Growing up, I often heard of the ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ debate revolving around whether people are who they are due to their genes or their environment. Although many have varied opinions, I personally think it is a mixture of both. Everyone is unique because of their genetic inheritance, but I would not be who I […]
Soy: Soy Andrea
Since my first post, four cycles ago, in June of 2015, the diversity and culture of the Bay Area has been a recurring theme that I love to explore. I’m lucky enough to live near the epicenter of the Bay Area’s Latinx life and culture, the Mission District, which inspires me to examine the rich […]