Shaping identity: How I found it
My identity is nowhere near as cut-and-paste as I originally thought — nor was the challenge of trying to put myself in a box easy.
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Category Archives: Opinion
After failed COP 26, it’s time for direct action
Every social justice issue sits atop the climate crisis. The weak results from this conference have potential to lock all of us into a destabilized world.
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I don’t talk to my friends
Hopping the Pond
Like a sculptor at a marble block, I’d expected the chips of those less close to gather at my feet, revealing a statue of “true” friends at the core.
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Parental guidance
Now you see me
The one thing he did show me was how I want to love and be loved. I want to counteract the hate that he’s put out. I want to clean off the rust and shine.
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Students must get involved in plans to transform Telegraph Avenue
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AFFAIRS: The city of Berkeley has committed to taking climate action, and prioritizing pedestrians and busses on Telegraph Avenue is an important step in this direction.
The city of Berkeley must follow through with its plans to incentivize walking, biking and using public transit throughout the city.
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Sex on Friday
Cal in Color
Sociocultural ideologies have affected my understanding and approach to not just my sexuality, but to women in general.
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Public safety during COVID-19 must be (re)imagined for domestic abuse victims
Any effort toward preventing intimate partner violence must consider the full weight of the dynamic and consequential systemic features of our society.
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Stop and smell the daisies
Your Secret Admirer
The universe remains infinitely massive, but my universe is not. Instead of worrying about the endless space around me, I’ve decided to focus on the miniscule space I do take up.
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Rooms Full of Silk and Lavender
Sex on Tuesday
As I sit down to write these articles, I find within myself the profound conviction to be radically soft.
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Campus must be proactive in addressing legacies of white supremacy
CAMPUS AFFAIRS: Despite unnaming Krober Hall and Barrows Hall, campus failed to follow through by removing work by these scholars from an exhibit celebrating the South and Southeast Asian community.
Only by openly admitting and reflecting on past mistakes can we move forward to create the campus students have desperately been demanding for years.
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