by Avery Quinn The Violet Paroxyst is 20 year-old experimental music-maker Milo Balcziunas. Their music combines spacious melodies with a deeply evocative intensity to create what they call “hidden galaxies of sound.” Within these galaxies I am soothed and disturbed, made whole as well as fragmented, pulled into a world […]
WA Climate Assembly Offers New Path
By Jacob Anderson-Kester On January 12th, 80 Washington residents gathered virtually for the inaugural meeting of the United States’ first Climate Assembly. The Washington Climate Assembly presents a unique angle to paths towards direct democracy by utilizing community conversation and action, mirroring similar pursuits in countries around the world that […]
Spoiler Warning: Videodrome
By Alice McIntyre Videodrome (1983), directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, is a sci-fi horror classic. It chronicles the descent of TV executive Max Renn (Woods) into a derealized nightmare by way of the ultraviolent program known as, well, “Videodrome.” The film is well and truly terrifying—not only […]
Getting Started with Sustainable Living: An Interview with Forest Ember (she/her), an Evergreen Student
By Natalie “Lee” Arneson What first started you with sustainable living—why did you first decide to start that kind of lifestyle? There were a lot of rolling blackouts in California maybe 15 years ago, and it turned out that it was people trading on the stock market. They were all […]
Election Responses in Olympia
By Brooke Lynch Over the past few weeks, the country and world have seen the extent to which the supporters of our former commander in chief will go to voice their support. We all watched in horror on January 6th as the president, along with others such as Rudy Guliani, […]
Oedipus Complex 2.5: Rate Your Kink
with Fiore Amore I will now proceed to rate the majority of paraphilias listed on Wikipedia either “based” or “cringe” on no grounds other than my opinion. Abasiophilia (people with impaired mobility): Based. This is a big win for disability justice. Acrotomophilia (amputees): Cringe. This is just Abasiophilia but weirdly […]
Trumpers Gone AWOL
By Jack Stroud Owing to the historic swarms on the National Capitol and various state capitols (including our own) on January 6th, the nation awaited Inauguration Day with clenched teeth and private curiosity—not, “Would the Trumpers turn out?” but, “How many would there be?” Picket signs scattered throughout the suburbs […]