On becoming a dog person
Off the Beat
When we fostered a puppy for half of July, we joked that we were “microdosing on parenting,” pretending to know how it feels to raise a child.
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Who We Are S01 E04
Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok address the importance of allyship in the queer community, examining the intersection of queerness with race as they discuss how queer people should be allies — and how nonqueer people can best practice LGBTQ+ solidarity.
Who We Are S01 E03
Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok explore the notion of queer community, how well it welcomes — or at times, erases — different queer identities and how queer community manifests differently for everyone.
Who We Are S01 E02
Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok discuss the power of media representation — and misrepresentation — to influence how younger queer people see themselves and to shape or distort how the queer community appears to the wider world.
Who We Are S01 E01
Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok discuss their experiences coming out and coming to terms with being queer, examining the role models, media, pitfalls and joys they encountered along the way.
The unforgettable years?
My old ambitions died at UC Berkeley, yet the very concept of aspiration holds new meaning. I no longer wish to *be*, but to *do*.
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Take it from the top: Advice to my freshman self
In retrospect, I’ve learned nothing in college except that I was wrong about everything.
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Overexposed: The evaporation of privacy in our sex lives
There’s almost nothing as private as sex. Yet even fewer things are so ubiquitous.
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Doin’ it right
I have always felt the need to get New Year’s Eve “right.” I don’t think of myself as a festive person, but the pressure weighs on me to make certain days special — typically turning points or important dates from years past. And New Year’s Eve checks both boxes for
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My year as a failed dropout
Off the Beat
I never wanted to look back, to imagine myself returning to the study of economics, head hung, tail between my legs. That would have felt like failure.
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