[M]ovement

Whenever my conscious mind wavers in its steps, the tacitly knowledgeable mover within me unveils a rhyme to reason.

Do you want to become “that girl?” The girl who has her life together and manages to stay productive throughout the day? The girl who prepares healthy meals with whole, unprocessed foods? The girl who moves her body at the gym, outdoors or on a yoga mat in her living room to achieve physical fitness? The girl who studies hard and takes typewriter-esque, color-coordinated notes to review at the end of each lecture? The girl who reads for pleasure and finishes a novel each week? The girl who never misses a step in her morning and nightly self-care routine — managing to always look put together in a chic outfit, with her skin glowing and hair voluminous? 

Yet I felt stumped by my online expression of solidarity and questioned whether publicly expressing my thoughts even added anything to the conversation.

What can we say about a movement whose public image has primarily been defined by white women when the campaign was initially conceived by a woman of color?

Dating, politics, yoga pants, dieting, Alicia Dattner’s stand-up show covered all of these topics and more. Her captivating confidence drove the whole show.

At the Greek Theatre that night, Murphy and his band broke the Berkeley amphitheater away from reality. The audience became entranced by Murphy’s synths.

In recent years, students have redefined the conversation surrounding sexual assault by setting the dialogue of how they wish to speak about it.