Cast of “Booksmart” at SXSW Film Festival by DannyB Photos / CC BY 2.0
White Action: White People’s Only Chance at Collective Liberation Is Direct Action
This piece is the third and final part of the series “White Emptiness.” Click here for parts one and two. The universally dehumanizing experience of whiteness, white supremacy and white culture must be interrupted through anti-racist action. As I have discussed in the second edition of this series, we must […]
API Heritage Month: Community Members Making Waves in the World
by Natalie Arneson As May nears its end, the outpouring of social media posts celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and the members of these communities, covers Instagram and Facebook feeds. Amid the spike in racism and racially motivated violence due to COVID-19, seeing the flood of love […]
Alyssa Giannini: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Alyssa Giannini Alyssa Giannini is an artist based in Olympia whose sheer body of work so far into this life is incredibly prolific and diverse. I was struck by their true uptaking of what DIY ethos entails — hands in all types of art, big and small, […]
A Matter of Life and Death: Facing Pandemic, Workers Fight for Health and Safety
“Strike-MayDay2020-Seattle” by Flickr user Backbone Campaign is licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Alice McIntyre The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into an unprecedented social and economic crisis. The Washington Post reports that bosses have responded to the economic downturn with massive layoffs and furloughs, resulting in a soar […]
“The Lighthouse” Film Review
“Pigeon Point Lighthouse (2016)” by Frank Schulenburg, sourced from Wikimedia Commons, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Miette Deschenes Isolation, as many are learning right now, affects everyone differently. Some people find power, strength or peace in solitude. Others find it lonely, sad or uninspiring. For the characters in […]
Disproportionate Statistics Among Communities of Color Show the Effects of Systemic Racism Amid COVID-19
Photo: National Guard Members at COVID-19 testing clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. DAN FARREL. U.S. Air Force. by Brittanyana Pierro and Natalie Arneson With nearly 1.3 million recorded cases, the United States now makes up over one-third of all global COVID-19 cases. Among the cases that have been tracked nationally, […]
Art Feature: Isabelle O’Connor and Her Journey With Printmaking
Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester Isabelle O’Connor is a printmaker attending Evergreen who I first encountered through a small box via Zoom meeting. The level of detail and intimacy entailed within their art drove me to expand beyond the box; though the level of connection afforded during these times is […]
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