Anjuli Castano/Staff Writer 2020 has been a year of polarization, isolation, reparations and so much more. The holiday season seems to have creeped up on us from behind, offering a comforting hug and a cool breeze, wishing us to breathe and recollect. Traditionally, Thanksgiving has wrongfully centered a eurocentric nuclear family model, oftentimes othering indigenous […]
Anjuli Castano/Staff Writer As a white-passing Latina, I am not a person of color. I should not accept the tokenism the U.S. places on my identity because, for all intents and purposes, I operate in a white body. I am less racially profiled by employers and educators, I am more likely to receive proper care […]
Anjuli Castano/Staff Writer On September 21, Florida Governor Ron Desantis proposed a bill notable for its austerity. The bill, titled “Combating Violence, Disorder, and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act,” will charge protestors who participate in “disorderly assemblies” with third degree felonies. This is one way in which the bill represses and even endangers protesters. […]
Anjuli Castano/Contributing Writer The ongoing political polarization characterizing 2020 has politicized even those who have always chosen to ignore it. The youth (millennials, generation Z), ages 18-39, are manifesting their voices through increased percentages of voter turnout, but not urgently enough. Using social media platforms has shaped a new wave of activism, now there is […]
Anjuli Castano/Contributing Writer In the wake of a black liberation movement and a unanimous struggle against oppression, there has been a national cry to “defund the police.” Many have gone to the extent of calling themselves abolitionists, working towards the eradication of prisons and police departments. The abolition of police enforcement extends to the school […]
Anjuli Castano/Contributing Writer Powerful women have existed since the dawn of mankind. Yet to some, the image of a femme leader is still an anomoly; a distant figure miraged by the thick steam of pervasive misogyny. Confidence in women is represented in many ways, never forgetting the powerful and illusive femme sexualtity. Some base merit […]
