I met my best friend on Omegle
To the Left
The internet was the perfect escape from my social anxiety. Omegle, an online chatroom for “meeting strangers and making new friends,” was where I lived.
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The empty promise of the gig economy
Prop. 22 is a crucial step in gig companies’ fight to protect their business models and create a category of workers without rights.
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What the Bay Area can do to stop the climate crisis
One of the simplest steps cities can take is to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings.
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Green theology provides valuable framework for climate action, justice
Sustainable practices — from making church structures more efficient to providing Black communities access to renewable energy — strengthen our communities.
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‘Bold of you to assume I’m straight’
Cal in Color
For some immigrants and BIPOC like me, being expressive with our identities can be more challenging than it is for white, non-immigrant people.
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Don’t get complacent about COVID-19
STATE AFFAIRS: As the COVID-19 case count rises, Californians must recommit to being as safe as possible
Over the past two weeks, the United States has hit higher and higher benchmarks of infections. Yet complacency has become just as infectious as COVID-19.
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COVID-19 in prisons makes need for abolition visible, urgent
We cannot push suffering away — we must meet it with compassion. We have an obligation to serve those who are vulnerable.
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Wish I could tell you
Impulsive Coward
When I got in to my dream art schools, though, I decided to give it all up for UC Berkeley — a decision I don’t know if I regret.
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The period talk
Thinking Outside the Binary
No matter how much I have distanced myself from womanhood, I still have to deal with a part of myself that is gendered by others.
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To better hold ICE accountable, Congress must pass HR 2415
This racialized system allows doctors in ICE facilities to justify unnecessary medical procedures on these populations as punishment for seeking safety.
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