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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

San Francisco and Sacramento Litas gather for a memorial ride.

Give a girl a motorcycle

Story by Clara Applegarth and Photo provided by Kimmie Herrera
May 12, 2020

“My excitement for moto comes from the adrenaline,” said Tish Yodatee, co-founder of the all-female motorcycle collective Bay Area chapter “The Litas.”  “The power, the freedom. Being in the...

photo by Clara Applegarth

Tips on how to work from home and shelter-in-place with kids

Clara Applegarth
April 20, 2020

While cities across the globe continue to shelter in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and childcare workers are essentially working overtime and, if attending school or working from home,...

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....

Honey bees come and go from their hive at Garden for the Environment in the Inner Sunset. Photo by Sandy Scarpa.

Honey, let’s not shrink the bee population

by Clara Applegarth
March 18, 2020

The honey bee is the glue that holds ecosystems together through pollination. An insect so small, but so gargantuan in its purpose. But honey bees are being threatened as the climate grows more extreme...

Fertility Awareness Method?...Bueller?

Fertility Awareness Method?…Bueller?

Story by Clara Applegarth, Illustration by Paige Acosta
February 25, 2020

While women continue to make impactful changes in 2020, with more females getting elected into Congress and having better representation of bodily anatomy prompted by protests, many women continue to stick...

Kanya Velichansky poses on her Harey Sportster at the Litas SF x Litas Sacramento bike wash for Harley-Davidson Sacramento on June 8, 2019.

The rules of the road

by Clara Applegarth and photo by Kimberly Herrera
December 9, 2019

One, make a staggered formation. Two, watch for the pacemaker’s hand signal. And three: ride your own ride. These are the rules of the road. “I think it’s not so much about doing it because only...

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