Obsessive Disney Disorder
“My first memory of Disney goes back to 1994. The Lion King had just come to theaters, so my mom and aunt took me and my cousin to see it. Continue Reading
Building Pyramids
Jose Garcia is living the American Dream. The twenty-one-year-old Bakersfield, California resident’s family immigrated to America from Mexico when he was eleven. He grew up getting into trouble, getting kicked Continue Reading
Fringe Movements Rising: The Slippery Slopes of Conspiracy Movements
It seems like some new movement comes up every week on social media. One day, it’s something harmless like people dancing to whatever song is the flavor of the month, Continue Reading
What’s a Queen to a Non-believer?
“That bass was tickling my taint, I loved it.” Rumor has it, you can find a drag show in San Francisco anywhere, any day of the week. There’s Rupaul’s Drag Continue Reading
Erasure of the L in LGBTQ
A tall, slender woman, probably in her late forties, strolls up to the bar, opulent in her beige fur coat. The bartender, who just finished up a transaction, walks over Continue Reading
An all American Heartbeat
Key in, ignition on. Kill switch off, starter on. After a brief cough, the starter motor kicks the engine awake. With a twist of the throttle the engine roars itself Continue Reading
Hitchhiking Powered By Love
Sometimes you end up meeting the love of your life through a date, on the bus, online, or through mutual friends. No matter how they start or end, polyamorous relationships Continue Reading
Shopping for a Cruelty-Free Face
Every day, thousands of people wake up to similar routines as they get out of bed to start the day. Makeup plays a large role in daily routines, whether it’s Continue Reading
The Coming Out Experience
At seventeen years old, Mar Pierce was nervous. She had just realized that she was bisexual and, although nervous, built up the courage to come out to her mom. Pierce’s Continue Reading
Retro Gaming Gaining a 1UP
It’s an early Thursday night at the Towers in Centennial Square at SF State, where an unassuming set of stairs leads down to a small colony of hoodie-clad people huddled Continue Reading
A Very Expensive Haystack
In the Convent in San Francisco, morning prayers begin well after noon. The two dozen nuns live on two floors, in rooms that flank a main hallway.
Zooming Through Traffic, Without the Gas
The cost of a car, insurance, gas, parking, and maintenance requires owners to shell out hundreds to thousands of dollars a year just to get from one point to another. Continue Reading