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Oct 27, 2022

What Thao sees that Taylor doesn’t

He’s a colonizer’s darling; she heard cries for justice Oakland lost one of our greatest treasures this year. Mills College leaders gave the school, its land, and all its assets away to the Amazon of colleges, Northeastern University. Sheng Thao was the only City Councilperson who took the time to…

Womens Education

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What Thao sees that Taylor doesn’t
What Thao sees that Taylor doesn’t
Womens Education

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Oct 26, 2022

Scenes of Silenced Screams

A few snapshots from the Mills College takeover protests.

Womens Rights

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Scenes of Silenced Screams
Scenes of Silenced Screams
Womens Rights

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Oct 11, 2021

The Oakland Poet Who Wrote the Famous “Columbus” Poem Would Rejoice Over “Indigenous People Day"

Joaquin Miller, who is fondly remembered for the national poem he wrote about persistence, had a Native American daughter. Joaquin Miller’s poem, “Columbus”* was required reading in American schools for around 75 years, but his first novel, Life Among the Modocs, is about the people lost in the American genocide…

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The Oakland Poet Who Wrote the Famous “Columbus” Poem Would Rejoice Over “Indigenous People Day"
The Oakland Poet Who Wrote the Famous “Columbus” Poem Would Rejoice Over “Indigenous People Day"

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Jun 16, 2021

Seeding by Ceding
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MacKenzie Scott

This brings tears to my eyes.

This brings tears to my eyes. So many years of exhaustion, fighting for balance in communities of need as corporations do whatever they want. Exhaustion. Hope. This is the wisdom of a writer! We'd love some help trying to #savemillscollege. Please take a look at our efforts!

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·Nov 18, 2020

What’s Your Personal Covid Rating?

A simple system for self-identifying our stance+situation. — “I’d invite you in for a minute but.. (lengthy explanation of who I’ve seen and what I don’t know).” “I’d like to hang out but… (lengthy explanation of who I’ve seen and what I don’t know).” “I’d give you a hug but…” The long explanations and hyper-vigilance are getting stressful. Almost as stressful as self-isolation. With the holidays around the corner, I was wondering why there isn’t an easier way…

Communication Strategy

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What’s Your Personal Covid Rating?
What’s Your Personal Covid Rating?
Communication Strategy

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Dec 18, 2019

A Voice for Dinah

My Niece’s Bat Mizvah drash sheds light on the “Me Too” Movement. Watching my niece read her sermon, I had to keep the tissues handy watching my niece own this piece of cultural history. Hi, I’m Alexa. Today I get to talk about one of the most interesting parts of…

Rape

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Rape

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Dec 16, 2019

Best Drash Ever. (What’s a Drash?)

Dinah of Genesis finally gets to say, “Me, Too.” I am not a Jew, but I feel so fortunate that my brother chose to become one when he took his first wife. (Sounds so biblical, doesn’t it?) Through him, I learned so much about Judaism that none of my Jewish…

Judaism

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Best Drash Ever. (What’s a Drash?)
Best Drash Ever. (What’s a Drash?)
Judaism

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Dec 9, 2019

Climate Back to 1929!

Tech talk for time travelers—conservation for preservationists — As Climate Change goes from An Inconvenient Truth to Something We Can’t Ignore to The Way We’ll Have To Live The Rest Of Our Lives, I’m ready to normalize conversation about it and bring action into every part of my life. As a lover of historic recreation events, I often…

Climate Change

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Climate Back to 1929!
Climate Back to 1929!
Climate Change

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Mar 26, 2018

I am not a brand.

To be a successful writer (or artist, or anything that involves money, relationship, or consistency), we are now supposed to think of ourselves as a brand. For years I have helped other artists and creatives to try to craft their image, but I can’t seem to do it for myself…

Writing

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I am not a brand.
I am not a brand.
Writing

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Nov 13, 2017

Let’s call it what it is: Rapism

Could this be the word we have been looking for? — There is a moment in my graphic novella, The Reason She Left, where the questioning protagonist brings a conversation about epistemology to a standstill. The characters are talking about how the suffix “-ism” is used to classify a thought system, like like optimism or pessimism, sadism or masochism, nihilism, realism…and…

Rape

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Let’s call it what it is: Rapism
Let’s call it what it is: Rapism
Rape

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Kristen Caven

Kristen Caven

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Author of The Winning Family and much more. Also likes shoes and jello. My books are at www.kristencaven.com

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