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Trans Day of Visibility & On Being Bigender
By Jada Jinks | April 3, 2023 Photo Credit: Google Images 🏳️⚧️ March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility. The day was created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a trans woman who faced discrimination for her identity. She lost her married partner and her job when she came out as transgender. Crocker had witnessed the violence against trans people, particularly trans women, when she attended Transgender Day of Remembrance events.
Black History Month: Kwanzaa
By Jada Jinks | February 27, 2023 Kwanzaa Candles Photo Credit: Nesnad on Wikimedia Commons During August of 1965, large scale riots broke out in Watts, Los Angeles following the arrest of a Black family during a traffic stop. The riots lasted six days, and were done to protest the government and police’s treatment of black people at the time.
Celebrating Black History Month: bell hooks
By: Jada Jinks | February 20, 2023 Photo Credit: Michael Smith on Internet Archive bell hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins on September 15th, 1952. She was a famous activist, scholar, and author that challenged people’s thinking on life and culture. hooks famously wrote about how capitalism and modern society disadvantaged women, people of color, and people who had lower economic status, aiming to free them from their struggles through education, theory, and community.
Teaching Each Other: The Thompson Brothers
By Jada Jinks | December 5, 2022 Map of Indigineous Nations in North America Photo Credit: American Museum of Natural History on wikimedia commons On Monday at 6 p.m., the Indigineous Student Association held an event with the Thompson Brothers in the Campus Center West Auditorium (minus the second youngest, Miles).
Taking the First Steps: Planned Parenthood Generation
By Jada Jinks | September 26, 2022 Photo Credit: GUE/NGL on Wikimedia Commons International Safe Abortion Day is a globally recognized call to action to recognize the need for safe abortion and protect access to it. According to 28 September, this day was first launched by a network of activist groups called Campaña 28 Septiembre in 1990. The purpose of this was to decriminalize abortion in Latin America and the Carribean.
Capital Conversations with a Social Worker
By Jada Jinks | April 4, 2022 Photo Credit: Donald Trung Quoc on Wikimedia Commons March is an extremely important time of the year. Not only is it because of Women's History Month, but also because it’s the time of year where we celebrate social workers and all they do. March is Social Work Month. Social Work Month was created in 1963 by the National Association of Social Workers to foster public support for the profession.
History in the Making: Women of “Avatar the Last Airbender” and “The Legend of Korra”
By Jada Jinks | April 4, 2022 Photo Credit: KylaBorg on Wikimedia Commons “Avatar the Last Airbender” and “The Legend of Korra” were two shows featured on Nickelodeon that ran in the early 2000s. These shows were phenomenal successes for many reasons. But one of the biggest reasons is these shows’ ability to captivate the audience with well-written female characters. Today, I will be talking about five female characters and their importance within the shows themselves.
Starbright
By Shianne Henion I am clay in your hands, the curl of the ocean, I am gravel and moss and peonies picked by those same nails that dug into soft white flesh- formed it into a creature of c u r i o s i Hannah Karim I lose the game, pull the wrong card, but as I stand up, so do you, you tell me I won’t have to jump in alone. We stand, just us, against the vast water.
Black LGTBQ Characters in Media
By Jada Jinks | February 28, 2022 Photo Credit: Emercado2020 on Wikimedia Commons In honor of both Black History Month and Gender and Sexuality Month, I am presenting a list of Black LGTBQ characters in popular media. All of these characters represent honorable traits and are fan favorites, while also being diverse. This list is also meant to celebrate the actors and actresses playing these characters, for they are trailblazers that make the media more open and welcoming to everyone.
Always Has My Back
By Jada Jinks “This is boring, you’re gonna have to try harder than that!” A boxing instructor taunted his student as they circled around each other, his student who was also his daughter. They were sparring for her first boxing match and he wanted to make sure she was ready for the other team to try to get inside her head. "You can talk all you want but you can't throw me off my game," she said as she dodged another punch.
The Outer Worlds: A Celebration of Diversity
By Jada Jinks The Outer Worlds is a game that was a success for a number of reasons. The game is set in outer space, where you travel to different areas within the solar system and go on your own adventures. The two main entities you have to choose between are Phineas Wells and the Board, ultimately choosing what kind of change you want to bring to the colony. All these factors combine to bring people a nuanced and complex game that is both challenging and fun.
A frozen block of ice
By Shianne Henion I am clay in your hands, the curl of the ocean, I am gravel and moss and peonies picked by those same nails that dug into soft white flesh- formed it into a creature of c u r i o s i Hannah Karim I lose the game, pull the wrong card, but as I stand up, so do you, you tell me I won’t have to jump in alone. We stand, just us, against the vast water.
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