Our Bodies Are Political, and Masks Force Us to See It
This January, I had to ask a patron to put on a mask in the Atlanta restaurant where I was working. It took everything I had to be polite. Last…
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Sheena Holt
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An Ode to Garage Bands and Punk Shows Past
It’s around 6 PM on a foggy July afternoon in the Sunset District of San Francisco. I’ve just spent half an hour nervously trying to find legal parking, which has…
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Diary of a Progressive Catholic
When I went to Catholic school, I didn’t really consider myself a Catholic. I hated the constant prayer, the not-so-subtle nods to purity culture, the sixth-grade religion teacher who didn’t…
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The Supreme Court Amidst Next Week’s Election
It seemed all of America was metaphorically holding its breath on the ailing health of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her presence on the Supreme Court had become a saving grace in…
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Why I’m Lonelier at School Than I Was in Quarantine
When I got that fateful email from my university in March saying that we would be sent home immediately due to COVID-19, I cried. A lot. I was in a…
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Coastal Supremacy Is Classist (And a Little Racist)
When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, a not-so-uncommon conversation in my Northern California town was whether or not California should secede from the Union. “We’d have the ninth highest…
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The Male-Serving Nature of Mainstream Sex Positivity
“How often do you shave…down there?” A friend asked me. It was a few months into my freshman year of college. “Because I’m seeing a guy tonight, and it’s been…
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