The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Remaining body positive in isolation

Remaining body positive in isolation

Story by Clara Applegarth
April 13, 2020

I was struck by an eating disorder at a young age without fully being aware. Being a ballet dancer for several years of my childhood, the way your body formed certain lines when you moved was all but secondary....

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The importance of maintaining routines while under quarantine

Shelley Wang
April 10, 2020

Since the outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19, maintaining a daily routine has become more difficult for many people in the United States, mainly since the mandatory stay-at-home order is now in...

How to social distance in a house full of kids

How to social distance in a house full of kids

Clara Applegarth
April 10, 2020

A day-in-the-life of a journalism student turned home school nanny. An Xpress Magazine podcast. https://soundcloud.com/user-558545289/life-during-quarantine

Home Workouts with David Kelly

Home Workouts with David Kelly

Video by Paul C. Kelly
April 9, 2020

David G. Kelly, health and fitness enthusiast, explains part of the at-home-workout he has been using to, “stay in shape and stay sane.” Easily done and low on equipment demands, Kelly details how...

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Self-Care during Stress Awareness Month

Story by Anne Lima
April 9, 2020

Being thrown for a loop during this pandemic has shown to come with various emotions and reactions toward what to make of all of this for ourselves. School campuses aren’t open and non-essential businesses...

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Working in the midst of a health crisis

Story by Diani Ellis
April 8, 2020

“COVID-19 started off as this little thing we took as a joke,” Taylor Pennington, 22-year-old San Francisco Emergency Medical Technician worker said. “But now, I can’t stress it enough, how real...

Safety Nets on the Golden Gate

Safety Nets on the Golden Gate

by Diani Ellis
March 24, 2020

Since its opening day in 1937, the bridge has had on average about 30 people each year take their lives by climbing over the edge and leaping off. Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has decided...

Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum lays on her living room floor next to her service dog Billie in San Francisco, Calif. March 1, 2020. (Emily Curiel / Xpress Magazine)

People of the Bay: Cloud & Billie

Video by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 24, 2020

Lifelong San Francisco resident Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum speaks fondly of her service dog, Billie. The two can be seen throughout the Castro District stopping for pets from friends or getting treats from...

Comedian Wonder Dave at the Mental Health Comedy Hour 
Photo courtesy of Baruch  Porras Hernandez and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Processing Life’s Problems One Laugh At A Time

by Fernando Martinez
March 24, 2020

The stage setup for the comedy show at Oakland’s All Out Comedy Theater consists of a lone, black microphone perched on top of its stand, sitting in between an elongated black-cushioned armchair. “The...

Peanut butter rice cake

Food For Thought and Your Wallet

Photo story by Maddison October
March 20, 2020

Cooking on a college student’s budget is often difficult to do, but hopefully these recipes might help inspire some new additions that are relatively cheap and can last a couple of days. Some of the...

Body Image Flashback

Body Image Flashback

Story and illustration by Shelley Wang
March 20, 2020

The early 2000s was “so fetch” as former mean girl Gretchen Weiners would say — from the Juicy Couture with Uggs sweatsuit fashion phenomenon, to the birth of primetime reality TV and celebrity tabloids...

Daisy Soto cuddles her service dog, Miles in San Francisco, Calif. Feb. 26, 2020. (Emily Curiel / Xpress Magazine)

Service Dogs 101: Intro to the good boys and girls of the Bay Area

by Ryce Stoughtenborough
March 18, 2020

The first time Billie, a sensory processing service dog, saved the life of Cloud Galanes-Rosenbaum, 33, was during the 2015 San Francisco Pride Parade. Galanes-Rosenbaum, a Castro District native who has...

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