The R word Lily Zheng May 4, 2015 7 Comments In order to move from these basic realities into more nuanced discussions on activism, resistance, survival, and healing, we must move past our fear of acknowledging racism. Only by confronting our... Read More »
Provosts and purple prose: Critiquing ‘dialogue’ Lily Zheng April 21, 2015 29 Comments Dialogue already exists on this campus. Resources are already available for those who want to learn. What this campus needs more of is not dialogue, but action. Not silence, but justice. Read More »
Feminist, [Cis]Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lily Zheng April 7, 2015 2 Comments Transgender and gender-expansive students at Stanford deserve acknowledgement, and especially so in classes that blithely slap “gender” on their course name and fail to critically do the concept... Read More »
In defense of safe spaces Lily Zheng March 29, 2015 11 Comments There are almost always critical spaces that push students from any and all communities to continue questioning and dealing with hard concepts, intersectionality, and conflicting worldviews. Most of... Read More »
A call to action in the wake of transgender death Lily Zheng March 3, 2015 32 Comments This is a call to action for the Stanford community, on campus and beyond. This is a call to action for those who have cared about our deaths in the past to begin caring about our lives. Read More »
Outstretched arms: questioning a normalized nonconsent Lily Zheng February 17, 2015 14 Comments It’s harder to turn down a drink at a party, harder to stop sex once it starts, harder to decline a hug when outstretched arms are coming your way. As students who interact with each other and a... Read More »
Wigs, wings and blatant misogyny: Complicating drag Lily Zheng February 1, 2015 3 Comments As drag becomes more and more a mainstay of our culture, it is important for those partaking in it – queer or not – to be mindful of and question the origins and implications of the personas we... Read More »
Civil disobedience is for the binary Lily Zheng January 27, 2015 2 Comments For as long as these structures exist as they are, civil disobedience will continue to be far more dangerous, difficult, and traumatizing for gender-nonconforming people, people of color, low-income... Read More »