The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded Seattle Central College (SCC) a grant to build a curriculum for a veterans affairs course in the humanities department. One may ask why this is needed? On…
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Streaks of sunlight falling through redwood branches, the space before me painted deep green, a living breathing landscape. I can still smell the wood and the earth; rich, sweet, wild. I can remember the feeling…
Inside the Perfect P*ssy Complex: Summer’s Eve won’t save you
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle Collegian
Rey Sivakumaran | The Seattle CollegianVagina. Cunt. Coochie. It goes by many names, but its most infamous – and most influential – is Pussy. You may have gotten flushed, embarrassed, or even slightly excited when you saw it in the…
Coming of age rituals are an ancient and common human practice, present in many, if not all, cultures in some way or another. Romans would offer their bullas (protection necklaces given to them at birth)…
Setting the story straight: The brother of Elijah Lewis speaks on his death and legacy
Kayvon BumpusTo start off, Dunham shut the door on right-wing “Seattle is Dying” narratives that have inevitably been stirred from Lewis’ death. “The guy [Cooney] had a concealed carry. He was a citizen, he was ‘normal’, he wasn’t homeless,” he scoffed.
Under gray looming clouds, protesters representing different generations of queerness and allyship gathered at 4 p.m. on Mar. 31 at Volunteer Park. Even as attendees exhibited contagious smiles, a sense of grief hung over us…
Those who frequent the sidewalks of Capitol Hill may have noticed the absence of one tent that usually stands outside the apartment building on the southeast corner of Broadway East and East Denny Way. Or…
According to a research article in BMC Public Health, the stigma of mental illness is higher among ethnic minorities than among majorities. Stigma is an intricate problem that involves self, public, and structural components. It…
I’m going to be honest with you – I don’t know a lot about Macklemore. I know that he’s a Grammy award-winning artist from Seattle, and one of the people behind the song “Thrift Shop,” but that's all. So when photos announcing Macklemore’s free show at Neumos circulated my social media feed yesterday, I wasn’t too stoked to get out of bed.
It was during the pre-show trailer of DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” that I saw the trailer for “Knock at the Cabin.” Gay family on the screen? I was invested: was this going…