Dear Body Party, I recently started back on antidepressants, and while I’ve stopped thinking about death so often (yay!) I’ve completely lost my sex drive and, worse yet, lost any ability to cum. Is there any ways I can get my sex drive back without dropping the SSRIs and plunging […]
How to Love Yourself After Encountering Your Shitty Relatives! A Quick Guide To Empowering Yourself After Being Torn Down
By Nix Chace While the holiday season can be a warm and wonderful time where families gather together to give love and support to their loved ones, it is all too often a time where marginalized groups need to shove themselves right back in that closet, or sit passively as […]
A Statement on the Killing of My Cousin During Paris Attacks
By Miriam Padilla My cousin, Nohemi González, was one of the victims killed during the attacks in Paris on November 13. Nohemi was a bright shining light in our family, a proud, outspoken, and talented first-generation Mexican American and first-generation college student, studying abroad for a semester at a French […]
Driscoll Berry Boycott Workshop Discussing the Ongoing Action
By Sarah Bradley Community members came out to show support, learn about, and act in solidarity with the ongoing boycott of Driscoll’s brand berries at a workshop and information session organized by Olympia Farmworkers Justice Collective and Familias Unidas por la Justicia at Obsidian on Sunday, November 8.The goal of […]
Green Tea & Green Dot Evergreen Workshop on Sexual Violence Prevention
By Aria Cummings On November 4, Kelly Schrader, the Coordinator for the Office of Sexual Violence Prevention (OSVP), moderated an event in the Library building called Green Tea & Green Dot, to open the conversation of sexual assault and prevention to students, faculty and staff. Students in attendance got to […]
Election News Endangered Species Trafficking Protection Initiative 1401 Passes
By Sara Fabian Washington residents overwhelmingly approved the statewide Initiative 1401 with nearly 72 percent of the vote. Washington is now the first state in the country to successfully ask voters to create new penalties under state law for those caught trafficking in products made from key endangered species. Washington […]
New Olympia MayorThe City Elects Cheryl Selby
By Sara Fabian Since August Olympia City Councilwoman Cheryl Selby was leading the race for mayor by huge margins. Now, as the November 3 elections have closed, Selby has crossed the finish line to become Olympia’s new mayor, with 68 percent of the vote. Selby is the city’s first directly […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20th
By Nix Chace Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is held on November each year to memorialize trans people who lost their lives due to hate crimes, prejudice, and cases of suicide. The event is held in November due to the death of Rita Hester in 1998, whose murder ignited the […]
Election News Voters Approve Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1366
By Asa Kowals-Rose Washington State voters have approved Initiative 1366, a controversial measure backed by anti-tax activist Tim Eyman. The measure will lower Washington State’s retail sales tax by one percent, unless state legislators pass a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority vote in the state legislature for future […]
All Freakin’ Night Olympia’s Favorite Night of Horror & Gore
By Jasmine Kozak Gilroy Capitol Theatre is home to the Olympia Film Society, an eight year old ghost, and, once a year, a vintage horror film marathon known as All Freakin’ Night. All Freakin’ Night, a mainstay in the Olympia Film Festival since 1989, is a hodgepodge of existentialism and […]
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