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Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Braelyn Furse

Braelyn Furse, Staff Photographer

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Amber Brown plays her guitar in her dorm room. Brown’s original song, using the tune of “What Was I Made For” by Billie Eilish, gained 1.1 million views on TikTok. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

[Photo] A Violet Soul, the journey to producing music

Natalie Gallegos, Content & Online Editor
February 13, 2025

Savi Hasan (left) and Amber Brown (right) in their dorm room. The roommates worked together to create Brown’s viral TikTok. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

Flyers from past events hang on a wall in the Women's Center in the Cesar Chavez Student Center. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

[Photo] There’s No Place Like Your Third Place

Bailey Zitko, Staff Writer
February 12, 2025

Isabella Thurmond performs a song at The Depot in the Cesar Chavez Student Center. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

Bahar Karakucuk (left), the domestic president of the IEEC, and Thorn Horwell (right), the international president of the IEEC, pose for a photo at the IEEC Study Abroad Fair in Malcolm X Plaza on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

[Photo] Navigating the Challenges of Studying Abroad: Exchange Students Share Their Experiences at SFSU

Lola Pérez Gómez, Staff Writer
February 11, 2025

Bahar Karakucuk (left), the domestic president of the IEEC, and Thorn Horwell (right), the international president of the IEEC, pose for a photo at the IEEC Study Abroad Fair in Malcolm X Plaza on Wednesday,...

Per Sia, a 43-year-old transgender woman, drag queen, and educator, spends her weekday afternoons teaching first graders at an after-school art program in San Francisco. She has spent over a decade in the program and even longer as a drag queen. Her life outside of teaching is intermixed with performances and drag story hours, having been the first drag queen to host these now internationally recognized events for children. Drag has been a part of her life for eighteen years, and over the span of almost two decades, she has made an impact on the San Francisco drag scene and even more of an impact on her students. (Photo taken on April 26, 2024.)

Per Sia by Night

Braelyn Furse, Staff Photographer
February 11, 2025

Andrea Fuenzalida stands at her table at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair Art Walk in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

[Photo] Peace, Love, and Happiness Found in San Francisco

Jaiden Forey, Staff Writer
September 23, 2024

Jethro Jeremiah performs at the Haight Ashbury Street fair in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

Kim Lee weighs mushrooms at the Mushroom Adventures stand at Stonestown Farmers Market in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Braelyn Furse/Xpress Magazine)

[Photo] Go Green or Go Home

Serrae Bell, Managing Editor
September 23, 2024

A sign for free samples is displayed at the Wise Goat Organics stand at the Stonestown Farmers Market in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Braelyn Furse / Xpress Magazine)

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