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Exit Poll —Respite: Micol Hebron
Is your art political?Sometimes. Much of my work is about gender equity and feminism. I am interested in drawing attention to the ways in which
The (not so) awful truth about Generation X
Editor Teka Lo and contributor John Kawakami discuss Generation X, racism, Los Angeles, Zines, LA Eastside, Metroblogger, Livejournal, skinheads, and more! Public Intellectuals is magazine that
Karl Marx: There is a saying, “The white man’s water is colder”
There is an adage, “The white man’s water is colder.” That maxim references how, within white culture, white people’s pain, ideas, and creativity are more
Exit Poll —Respite: Shizu Saldamando
Is your art political?Yes. My art is very political. I am primarily a portrait based artist who focuses on friends and family from different musical,
Hell is other people, might not mean what you think
Oppressors often try to normalize their sadistic behaviors by helping to “translate” people who are trying to subvert the system. For instance, the purposeful misinterpretation
Debt Collective, Los Angeles – Cancelling student loans, so that we can have a future
Public Intellectuals’ editor Teka Lo in conversation with Debt Collective’s Dr. Richelle Brooks. Dr. Richelle Brooks is the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of The Debt Collective, founder
Little House on the Prairie: Anti-Indian racism & capitalism in reruns
“Little House on the Prairie” by Laura Ingalls Wilder was an award winning children’s book that is a staple of grade school and junior high
Thinking of/at the Border: The Liberation Philosophy of Manuela Gomez special from Anarres Project
What does it mean to think of the study of philosophy as a tool of liberation for students of color, particularly Latinx students living in
The middle-class —the ultimate social construct
We in the US have defined that the middle class is between the working-classes and the upper-classes. The average person in the US has accepted