by Lee Arneson Hello! My name’s Elayna (she/her), I’ll be newly twenty-two by the time this is printed (yes, I’m a Sagittarius) and I’m always changing my favorite color but currently it’s cedar-branch-green. I grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Olympia to attend Evergreen, where I will be graduating […]
Dean Spade In Context
by Elise Grage Dean Spade is an emergent revolutionary author, focusing primarily on abolitionist and trans-feminist theory. For nearly two decades, Spade worked towards racial and economic justice while being a member of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a collective organization focused on community building and legal service accessibility to […]
Moving Olympia’s Unhoused: From Deschutes, the Mitigation Site, to Ensign Road
by Miguel Louis For the last month, local city and council meetings have been defined by a series of debates between citizens and their local governments that will define the future of unhoused Olympians and residents of Thurston County. One of the primary concerns was the Mitigation Site, a small […]
Public Funded Art Creates Health Hazard for Evergreen Staff and Neighbors
by Caroline Keane Evergreen allowed large rocks to be cut by faculty for art, potentially exposing Evergreen staff and community residents to large amounts of silica, or fine ground rock particles. Silica exposure over time can lead to silicosis, a serious lung disease. Rock artist and faculty member, Bob Leverich, […]
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all poems featured in this post originally published in volume 50, issue 3/4
Bill 1202: For The People, by The People
by Michael Richards When looking at the major systemic changes that need to take place in our Washington State courts, there are far more than one can cover in just one article. But there is a particular act currently being consulted by Washington State representative My-Linh Thai that deserves the […]
The Murder of Speedy Geoduck
ERRATICA: FROM THE DESK OF FIORE AMORE, ESQ. OLYMPIA, OCTOBER 29th The Committee for Pleasant Journalism, a clandestine organization dedicated to uncovering the rot, silica, and asbestos from the hidden channels of the Evergreen State College, was prevented from screening the seminal 1983 body horror film “Videodrome” by David Cronenberg. […]
Exploring Community in Olympia
by Caroline Keane Olympia is known as a place for radicals, queers, and weirdos. People are attracted from all over the country to move here or attend Evergreen. Olympia’s dwindling Evergreen population is transient by nature. Rents are rising, making this city less liveable. Any communities or public spaces that […]
History and Homoeroticism: Taking a Look at Queer Coding in Horror Media
by Melisa Ferati The LGBTQ+ community has had quite the long-term relationship with the villains of the horror genre. From the homoerotic sexuality of vampires to the sympathetic creation of Dr. Frankenstein, the antagonists of horror primarily served as a reflection of heteronormative society’s perception of those who fell outside […]
An Interview with Sako, the CPJ’s Amazing In-House Artist!
by Natalie ‘Lee’ Arneson CPJ: So, would you like to introduce yourself? Sako: Yeah! Hello, my name is Sako. This is my second year at Evergreen, and I am a visual artist of several mediums. I would say I do mostly illustration, digital, and a lot of my art practice […]