Berkeley becomings
Love in Conversation
Berkeley opened into permissiveness. It was a place where I could bring all of me, wherever I went.
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Sister, sister
Cal in Color
Microaggressions — as my sister and I know — are frequent occurrences: At some point in the life of each student who’s a BIPOC, you endure this unfortunate fate.
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Fighting it out
American Pie?
I imagine our skirmishes are proof that empathy grows alongside the outbursts. We absorb each other’s feelings and project them outward again.
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1 teaspoon of teucrium
Stories from the Outside
I may have tried to wash the Arabic off my tongue, as if rejecting the bitterness of some of the herbs Jiddoh and Yummah made me drink.
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The L-word
Sex on Tuesday
What kinds of desire have I ignored toward the goal of rendering myself simple enough to be legible to my family?
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Car talk
Love in Conversation
We’ve both had times when a car ride has been a catalyst for connection or an important milestone in a relationship.
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A Black girl’s magic
Cal in Color
Even if magic wasn’t real, I found the need for wild imagination — especially amid the harsh realities of West Oakland — was profound.
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Hungry for more
American Pie?
The United States simultaneously perpetuates a culture of grotesque and immoderate food consumption. It is excessively consumed, but also abundantly wasted.
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‘Assalamu alaikum, no oink for me’
Stories from the Outside
The police state is normalized through individual acts; everyone carries a cop within them. We all know pigs who police and surveil our everyday lives.
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On sexting
Sex on Tuesday
Four months or so after the phone fucking began, we got a chance to see each other. She came to Southern California, and we left for the lower mountains.
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