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I love Oakland. I really do. This city is bold, diverse, creative, complicated, resilient, messy, brilliant, frustrating, and beautiful all at the same time. Oakland has some of the best food you will ever eat, people who will organize a protest by noon and a healing circle by 3pm, and enough culture packed into one …
So what exactly is authoritarianism? In simple terms, authoritarianism is a system of government where power becomes concentrated in the hands of one leader or a small group of elites. It is often marked by attacks on political dissent, weakening checks and balances, limiting civil liberties, controlling public narratives, and creating an environment where fear …
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What does it really mean to have the right to vote? And more importantly, do we truly understand what it means when that right is quietly chipped away in real time? Too many people fought, bled, and died for Black Americans to have the right to vote for us to treat it like it is …
There are seasons in life when adversity seems to know your address. Not just one hard thing. Not just a bad week. I’m talking about the kind of season where obstacle after obstacle shows up uninvited and overstays its welcome. The kind that leaves you tired in ways sleep can’t fix. And if we’re being …
Let’s be clear—Lesbian Visibility Week isn’t about suddenly showing up. We’ve been here. We’ve been loving, leading, building, resisting, nurturing, and creating space long before anyone thought to give it a hashtag. But visibility? That’s a different conversation. Visibility is about being seen accurately. Not watered down. Not misunderstood. Not erased. Not squeezed into narratives …
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Let’s be honest. Most of us learned something about government back in the day… and then life happened. Now we’re out here hearing about City Council, Board of Supervisors, OUSD, commissions, budgets—and it all starts to sound like a whole lot of meetings that don’t have anything to do with us. But here’s the truth: …
Let’s just go ahead and say it: The political climate right now?Outrageous. Stressful. Unpredictable. A lot. Rights are being debated like they’re optional.Policies are shifting like someone’s changing outfits.And entire communities are out here just trying to exist without being targeted. So naturally, people are asking: “How do I even begin to be revolutionary in …
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Let’s be honest: trying to keep up with politics right now can feel like emotional CrossFit. Every headline is urgent, every social media thread is a debate stage, and somewhere between breakfast and lunch you’ve read three things that make you want to scream into a pillow. Most of us want to stay informed. We …
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There is one thing that continues to genuinely confuse, frustrate, and low-key break my heart: how much time we, as women, can spend critiquing each other… when we could be hyping each other up instead. I mean really. Somewhere along the way, “supporting women” turned into an Olympic sport of side-eyes. If we’re being honest …
Why Representation Matters (Yes, Even When We’re Tired 😅) Let’s start with the obvious: representation isn’t about checking a diversity box or adding a cute rainbow to the flyer. It’s about survival. It’s about visibility. It’s about walking into a room and not feeling like you accidentally RSVP’d to the wrong century. Representation for Black …
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