America’s Achilles’ heel
To the Left
There is something comforting about relying on voting to fix all of our problems and pretending a broken system is functional.
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When ‘sorry’ becomes a catchphrase
Cal in Color
Even in this community aware of mental disabilities, it can be difficult for BIPOC to feel comfortable taking up space and asking for what we need.
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My prep school reckoning
Off the Beat
I’d been ignorant about so many of my classmates’ experiences. Where had I been while so many other incidents of racism and classism had gone on?
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Certainly uncertain
American Pie?
“American Pie?” is my amateur attempt at asking and answering what I want to be; rather than exploring how much pie I can have, I ask how much I will eat.
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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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Sufjan Stevens’ ‘America,’ ‘My Rajneesh’ are lamenting portraits of Americana
Both “America” and “My Rajneesh” feel very much like the culmination of Stevens’ niche artistry.
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Trails of smoke
Cal in Color
The privilege of patriotism is a luxury that Black Americans cannot afford. America prides itself on freedom, and yet treats its BIPOC as second class.
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Venturing into vulnerability
American Pie?
We ought to venture inside, to see what vulnerability we can discover within ourselves without the performative exhibitionism encouraged by our world.
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Hi my name is …
Fresh Off the BART
We all change our culturally tied names to make them more palatable for the United States. A name is a beautiful thing — it should never be thrown away.
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Are immigrants really so unworthy?
When irrational assumptions are cleared out, the family separation policy seems more like a failure of empathy and understanding.
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