“Think About What You Can do in 60 Years”
The U.S. political climate is rife with controversies surrounding electoral politics, subtle aggressions of anti-Blackness and a lack of interracial solidarity. These were the ideas at the forefront at the 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, held at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium on…
Remembering the Literary Guillotine
David S. Watson flipped the sign in the doorway of The Literary Guillotine on Dec. 31, 2019, notifying passersby and customers that the bookstore was closing, this time for good. Once filled floor to ceiling with books, all that remains at 204 Locust St. are…
The Archives of Hayden V. White
Hayden V. White was a pivotal figure in the history of the UC system. He waged legal battles against the Los Angeles Police Department and steered the history of consciousness (HisCon) program at UC Santa Cruz in its formative days. He devoted his life to…
‘We the Enemy’
Content warning: This article contains offensive language. I walk into a dimly lit room and approach a video of a woman sporting a buzz cut and reciting homophobic slurs. Her facial expressions remain stiff and unphased as she delivers each insult. It feels as if…
Santa Cruz Tattoo’d
Just 34 years ago, body art practices were illegal in Santa Cruz. Today, tattooing is a trend for a plethora of communities within Santa Cruz, from skaters to yoga moms and seemingly everyone in between. “Santa Cruz Tattoo’d,” the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and…
Imagining a Landscape Without Prisons
Eyes closed, legs crossed, I sit in Tim Young’s garden listening to the sounds of birds, feeling the watery rays of a winter sun on my cheeks. I can hear bamboo rustling beside me and smell the mulch beneath me. If I opened my eyes,…
Art from the Heart of the Prison System
What started as writing workshops in San Francisco’s juvenile hall in January 1996 flourished into what The Beat Within is now — a 60-page biweekly newsletter composed of work by incarcerated youths in juvenile halls across the country. Fourth-year Jocelyn Lopez-Anleu brought The Beat Within…
Queer Airwaves: From the Radio Station to You
From UC Santa Cruz’s on-campus radio station to your ears, here are a couple of queer-centered programs available throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, courtesy of KZSC. “Queer Ear” This quarter, two best friends created a project that transcends distance, thanks to the hosts’ high-energy…
Queering A Doll’s House
The magic of theater is transplanting a seat in a barn into a television studio, into a telenovela, into a home, into a room, into a relationship, into the protagonist’s mind. Xóchitl Rios-Ellis’s adaptation of “A Doll’s House” took place against the backdrop of a…
‘Mar y Tierra’
Every First Friday, Santa Cruz print shop and artist workspace Little Giant Collective hosts an exhibit featuring one or more of its members. Nov. 1 marked the opening of “Mar y Tierra,” spotlighting the works of two members of the collective. Enrique López Enrique López…