The cis agenda
Amanda Tsang/Staff
But because I’m sick and tired of having to defend my own existence, this is not going to be another thinkpiece debunking “The Trans Agenda.”
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Giving it our all: Learning to love sumo and life
The first time I saw a sumo match on TV, I was captivated. Yokozuna Kisenosato and ozeki Terunofuji, two of the sport’s most promising and successful stars, faced off for the championship title in Kisenosato’s first tournament since receiving his promotion from ozeki to the coveted highest rank of yokozuna.
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Who watches the watchmen: Allegations of widespread abuse at California Medical Facility
The ramifications for prisoners who test positive for COVID-19 is largely responsible for the explosive outbreak at the facility.
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Swinging in circles: The continued relevance of ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’
One thing led to another, and at the beginning of October, we found ourselves strong-arming my family into watching “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (the original 1974 film, of course) as part of my best-friend-mandated cultural education in slasher films.
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Toward communities of care: Disability justice as a cornerstone of abolition
While many prisons and jails released prisoners early at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, their population numbers have started climbing again, and there has been no concerted effort to release those in danger from the virus as a preventative measure.
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In the fallout
What would drive someone to go so far as to lie about who they are for the sake of a career? I didn’t realize, though, that this was a question that would soon hit much closer to home.
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Pronoun problems
To some people, though, I have always been defined by my gender.
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What’s in a name?
Off the Beat
When it comes to names with kanji, it becomes possible to mix past and present by changing only the reading or the kanji.
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Building a more humane future: Organizing for prison abolition during COVID-19
Some New York jails have been reported to have infection rates as much as 80 times the infection rate of the United States, while the infamous Rikers Island jail complex has an infection rate more than 4.5 times higher than New York City does, according to The Legal Aid Society. These numbers raise concerns about infection rates and health conditions in detention facilities across the country, where, in total, 2.3 million people are incarcerated.
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The rising threat of ecofascism
The original tweets, however, spawned a conversation that brought into the public eye what had previously been a relatively niche far-right ideology: ecofascism.
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