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Trump Immigration Order
Sparks Protest at SeaTac Airport

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By Jasmine K6zak-Gilroy

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n Saturday January 28, around a thousand protesters from the Puget Sound area
gathered at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) to protest the
detainment and deportation of travelers under the Presidential Executive order,
"Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" which was
signed by President Trump the previous night. The executive order, in addition to barring
all refugee entry into the country for 120 day and Syrian refugee entry indefinitely, bars
citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria andYemen from entering the United States for 90 days. The new policy not only impacts those on visitor, student, or work
visas, but makes the future murky for United States residents with permanent-resident
status or green cards who could be kept from re-entering the U.S. This executive order,
colloquially labeled the "Muslim ban", and the detainments of arriving travelers that followed incited protests filling and shutting down airports nationwide.
VVhen it was reported that
people entering the United States
were being detained as a result of
the executive order, there was a
call for emergency action. Only
about an hour after the detainment of travelers at SeaTac had
been reported, before 6 p.m., the
crowd S\velled to approximately
1,000 people, filling SeaTac to
demand those detained be released and expressing outrage at
the 1\-fuslim ban.

Protesters poured into the airport, blocking the arrivals area
and preventing people from getting to security checkpoints or
making it through to their gates.
The hall containing airline checkins filled v.-ith protesters marching
back in fourth, carrying signs v,ith
slogans such as "refugees '"''clcomc/1 while others linked arms
in front of gate entrances, stand-

ing in tight lines or sitting to prevent anyone from passing.
After a couple hours, lawyers
who had volunteered to offer pro
bono counsel were all~ved to
consult with detainees at the airport. S9me speakers, including
Kshama Sawant and the Socialist
Alternative, called for protesters
to go home. In response ,to this
announcement,_ most of those
blocking entrances to the airport
chanted "we leave when they
leave1' declaring their commitment to shut dov\TI SeaTac until
detainees were released.
111 the resulting confusion the
crowd diminished some, but remained in d1e hundreds, creating a surreal scene in ,-..,hich the
airport at times appeared completely normal, yet turning doV1,n
a halhvay or down an escalator
would lead you to blockades in

to create aisles that would reopen after the stay.
parts of the airport.
Reports early on Jan. 28 inNearing midnight, police is- dicated that 13 people had been
sued a formal dispersal order and detained at SeaTac, however the
using bicycles to form a line be- Seattle Times is currently reportgan a coordinated effort to push ing that only six travelers were
protesters out of their positions detained at the airport~ two of
blocking airport entrances. As whom were released that night,
protesters refused to leave and at- and four of \vhom ,vere set to be
tempted to hold their ground po- sent back to the destinations they
lice used pepper spray to attempt departed from. The American
to force them to disperse. By 1 Civil Liberties Union of Washa.m. the small group of protesters ington (ACLlJ) and The Northleft were kettled near a door, and west Immigrants Rights Prqject
once again told to disp~rse or face (r,lNIRP) both provided legal
arrest. The crmvd chanted "stay support for the detainees, obtainas long as possible" as police ap- ing an emergency order from U.S.
proached from all sides. \Vithin DistridJudge Thomas Zilly callthe next hour police used pepper ing for -their rclcac;c. \Vith their
spray on the crov,·d multiple times help, t\-VO of those detained being
and continued to arrest those held at SeaTac ,vere released and
·who v.rould not move, before fi- allowed to enter the United States
nally forcing the last protesters to early Sunday morning, pending a
leave throvgh the parking garage. hearing set for February 3 to deIn all, an estimated 30 to 35 pro- termine whether or not they v,ill
, testers wer·e arrested; but many be allowed to remain in the Unit\vere taken into police custody, ed States. Both of the travelers redetained, then released ·without leased are in the United States on
being processed.
visitor visas.
This dramatic scene \Vas just
\Vashington State's Attorney
one of manv ill the mass protests General announced l'vionday Jan.
at airports across the country. 30 that he would be filing a suit
Protesters .occupied airports for against President Donald Trump
hours, in some places days, often ;md his administration, calling the
v-.ithout information regarding ;bxecutive order illegal and unconthe future or state of the detain- stitutional and looking to overees. As many protested, some of turn much of the executive order,
the travelers who were stopped as well as filing a motion for a
at the border were allowed entry; temporary restraining order. The
but others may remain in custody Attorney General also requested
or were deported.
-that a hearing be scheduled \-'>ithExact details regarding the in 14 days. If the suit succeeds in
status of those detained across deeming the executive order unthe country· are unclear, as the constitutional1 it would impact its
U.S. Department of Customs implementation nation \-•/lde.
and Border Protection has not
George Bridges also emailed a
released a statement on the mat- statement to students, indicating
ter. Nationally; it is estimated that that the l\1uslim ban is counter
bcnveen 100 and 200 people were to Evergreen's. mission, and the
detained in the days since the or- school \\-'ill work to serve all studer.- CNN reported that in a con- dents regardless of immigration .
versation '"'ith U.S. Department status. He wrote, i½.t Evergreen,
of Homeland Security Press Sec- we currently have 15 students on
retary Gillian Christensen, Chris- F-1 visas and 9 onj-1 visas. I am
tensen said that 392 green card relieved to report that none of
holders had been given exemp- these •...,·ere stranded abroad or detions and were allowed to enter tained this weekend as President
the United States, but it is unclear Trump's executive order went
v.,hether any of those exemptions into effect. Vvre also have an unoverlapped \'>~th the detainees.
knov•m number of undocumentAfter some travelers 1,vere de- ed students, certainly more than
tained onJan. 28 US.Judge Ann a dozen. Undoubtedly we also
NL Donnelly of Nev,r York issued have family members of students,
a stay on the deportation of trav- faculty~ and staff who are affectelers who were en route when the ed." He continued, "Evergreen
executive order \Vas signed. \Vhil~ remains committed to affording
this prevents· travelers fro~ being each of our studenL<; this opportudeported it does not stop them nity and the support they require
from continuing to be detained to be successful."
indefinitely Hov1rcver, there is video and reports supporting the fact
that some travelers vvere released

th"e , form of disparate groups,
arins linked, letting no one pass.
Groups of protesters and the numerous police attempted to outmaneuver one another, as airport
employees accompanied by police in riot gear or on bikes found
increasingly circuitous routes to
funnel travelers onto flights in the
mostly shut dovm airport.
As this continued, tensions rose
in the airport. Every entrance
was blocked by lines of protesters
now mirrored by lines of police.
The crowd chanted sayings from
"fvfore love, less hate." to "No
borders. No nations. No more
deportations." as they prepared
themselves to keep airport checkpoints dosed as long as possible.
Protesters scrav,,led legal numbers
on their arms and conferred vvith
frieD.ds as police began arresting
those 1,vho refused their attempts

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Photos by TARI GUNSTONE.

Olympia W-omen's March ,,
Attracts Crowds, Controversy
ByJon Fitzgerald

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illusion to Trump's lude comments
describing
groping
women, that spa½ned the rallying cry "Pussy grabs back," but
not everyone felt comfortable
,1;ith the focus on reproductive
organs and genitalia as symbols. Bell told us, "My mom
also encouraged me to make a
pussy hat and sent me a picture
of the one she made. I think
the pussy hat is great because
it gets people talking about
pussies and works towards potentially re-appropriating the
word, which is important because a lot of upcoming regulations are targeting pussies. But,
I didn't wear· one because my
version of feminism doesn't require my genitals to be part of
my identity."
¥any attended the march
despite knowing there may be
aspects that participants disagreed with, opting to voice
their opinions on signs or
speaking 'with others, while
sh~ring in ·the overall support
of•iwomen's rights and rejection of Trump. Bell said, "Even

in these things; that you're
not alone. The momentum
of the marches needs to carry
through, though. Now more
than ever."
Organizers of the marches
are attempting to capitalize
on this momentum and sense
of urgency Vvi.th a coordinated plan for conti.nued actions. The first of the national
women's march "10 Actions in
l 00 days' 1 'Nas a letter writing
campaign, encouraging participants to contact their senators.
Bell hopes to stay engaged
on their own as well b,y keeping
tabs on the actions of the new
administration.1 saying, "it's
when we 1re not payi.ng attention that people get away "ith
shit. So we have to pay attention!" Keeping up 'with politics
can be discouraging at times
but Bell remains optimistic,
"I'm past that point of exhaustion from political information,
and I'm at the point of wanting to do something more, that
point of being energized by information. I think the exhaus-

n January 21, people on every continent gathered in a series of women's
marches as a declaration of unity and power. The marches, spawning from
the original event planned for Washington, D.C., gained massive momentum as over three million people worldwide participated in what is now being called
the largest single-day protest in American history. One of the ·many so-called sister
marches was organized in Olympia, attracting a crowd the Olympia police estimated as ten thousand people. The pi:otests were largely in response to Trump's
inauguration and policy proposals, but also to promote unity against sexism, racism
and hate.

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The Oiympia march started at 10 a.m., ½~th a massive
crowd of people gathering in
front of the legislative building
on the capitol grounds. The
march started down Columbia
Street, turning at Legion Way,
and coming back up Capitol
Way to rally on the Capitol
grounds. One marcher said
that as they were coming up
Capitol Way, they could still
see a flood of marchers coming down Columbia Street.
The rally was concluded by
several speakers, who voiced
their hopes for equality and
for a better future for the next
generation of women, who are
having to grow up during these
times.
\Vhile
marchers
were
brought together by their dislike of Trump and his pro-

posed policies, some tensions
arose around the narratives of
the march, which was criticiied
by many as privileging white,
cis women. There were many
people carrying signs depicting vaginas ancJ:, uteruses, with
phrases linking them to womanhood. Others carried signs
which appeared to contradict
these narratives, vvi.th phrases
like "Support your sisters, not
just your cis-tersJ" This brought
up conversations around how
to make femiPism more inclusive, and highlighted the necessity of re-defining feminism as
an intersectional movement.
\,Ve spoke to Maddie Bell, a
nonbinary Evergreen student,
about their experience at the
women's march in Olympia.
The march was large and
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scribed, talking about watching
a live stream of the march in
Washington D.C. before attending the Olympia one, "the
speakers were emphasizing
that women's issues are human
issues, not isolated." Yet the inclusive rhetoric did not always
go far enough, said Bell, "The
phrase 'supporting your brothers and sisters' was r~peated
both there and in Olympia.
And though that phrase is supposed to be a message of inclusion, it really is exclusionary to
people who don't fit into those
categories."
Another source .of tension
were. the "Pussyhats" organizers urged attendees to make
and wear as they marched.
These homemade pink hats
,<vi.th cat ears were a ubiquitous symbol for the event, an

though some of the language tion comes from the .pessimism,
wasn't exactly correct. . . that the unknown, but I don't want
doesn't mean that this move- to wait for the unkno½n to hapment isn't important, because pen, I want to take action."
The \'\/omen's Marches on
people can always be taught.
It shouldn't be written off be- January 21 were far-reaching
cause they got this thing wrong and momentous, but they're
or that thing, it should be just the beginning of what is
used as a starting off point for going to be a passionate, opinspreading understanding and ionated year, or four. The spirit
for protest is in the air: on Satcompassion and action."
Despite the tension over urday, January 28, thousand
s'?me optics and messaging at of people flocked to airports
the march, Bell said they felt in- across the country to protest
spired by the event, "I do think Trump's executive order that
the impact of marches are the barred the citizens of seven
ripples they cause, but we need countries 'with high Muslim
to continue. As a single person populations from entering the
who believes in these ideals, if U.S. We are in the ·middle of
you showed your participation a conflict between people and
or if you wanted to, it shows country that "~ play a pivotal
how many people also believe role in shaping our future.

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locate and even consolidate the
tribes "as he may deem fit," in
addition to restrictions of, "the
use of ardent spirits" on reservations, trade with Candian tribes,
or any battles with neighboring
tribes, all at the cost of withholding the promised annuities
if violated:
Chief Leschi was aware of
the danger of this treaty and
fought its implications until his
death. Many accounts claim that
Leschi never signed the treaty
document at all, or forcibly
signed under protest. Ultimately,
he was killed in the defense of
the home of his people and in
resistance to any further actions
perpetrated against his people's
rights.
The insensitivity to Leschi's
significance to the Nisqually
people and the injustice of his
murder by the Government of
Washington is evidenced by the
site of his death eventually becoming a golf course and then
a housing development, with
a simple plaque erected in a
nearby strip mall. An additional
blow is the exoneration of his
death by the city of Olympia
/ rriving as late as 2004. MediBy Tari Gunstone
~ine Springs became known
as McAllister Springs from its
namesake, James McAllister, a
he City of Olympia is transferring ownership of its previous Wftter source, McAllister Springs, to the
lieutenant of the Puget Sound
Nisqually Indian Tribe, who have significant cultural and spiritual ties to the site they know as Medicine Rangers who was killed in an
Springs.
attempt to capture Chief Leschi
and hand him over to Governor
Olympia moved its water site, it was no surprise that the of the Nisqually tribe marched Military Fort where Leschi was
Stevens in Olympia.
supply source to McAllister Nisqually Tribe showed interest to Olympia in protest of the ob- supposed to be hung refused to
Re-acquiring and restoring
Spring's nearby wellfields in in acquiring it. Originally called vious violations that emerged. allow the act on the property
Medicine Springs is a way for
2015 after the Department of She-nah-num, or Medicine
Hostilities emerged from Ste- because he believed the hangthe Nisqually tribe to continue
Health denied the Springs as a
Springs, has long been an vens and the Washington State ing to be unlawful murder. Dehonoring Chief Leschi and the
safe water source. The location essential piece in the Nisqually government, resulting in skir- spite strong objections, Leschi
Nisqually legacy of environwas vulnerable to potential con- Indian Tribe's history. Not only mishes between the indigenous was hung near. Lake Steilacoom
mental stewardship. While the
taminants due to its open and was .Medicine Springs a main tribes and white soldiers that on February 19, 1858, stating
transfer of ownership is still in
accessible surface area that came village hub for the Nisqually came to be known as the Puget to his executioner that, "If I
process, steps have already been
in contact with pollutants from people prior to white settlement, Sound War. The killing of two am dying for my people, I am
taken by the.tribe to restore conthe Burlington Northern rail but it also served as the site of white militiamen served as an willing to die." Leschi believed
nection with Medicine Springs/
line located immediately above the treaty of Medicine Creek in opportunity for Governor Ste- that, "The buying of their lands
McAllister Springs. In fact, they
the springs, as well as saltwater 1854 between Washington Gov- vens to get rid of Chief Les- was a prelude to shipping them
were granted tribal access to the
from sea-level rises seeping into ernor and superintendent of in- chi by putting him on trial for off in steamers to an imaginary
site back in 2008 as part of a
the low-lying springs. The new dian Affairs, Isaac Stevens, and their murder, regardless of the dark and sunless country," as he
partnership between Olympia
source is an underground well nine tribes, including Nisqually. fact that this was wartime and relayed to a white ally, notable
and The Nisqttally Tribe that
system at a higher elevation for The treaty proposed protection no evidence supported Leschi's surgeon and fur trader, Dr. Wilsought to transition both parties
extra protection.
of indigenous fishing rights and presence during the killings. liam Fraser Tolmie.
water source to the McAllister
Now the old water source sits payment for indigenous owned After two hearings, Leschi was
The inequitable content of wellfields while mutually comas a burden to the city of Olym- lands. As a result the govern- sentenced to death.
the 1854 Medicine Creek Trea- mitting to collaborative stewpia, costing the city and the citi- ment acquired prime farming
More than a thousand indig- ty document suggests that the
ardship goals for McAllister
zens who are customers of the land while tribes were moved enous people gathered to ask for treaty acted synonymously as an
Springs. The Tribe has already
public utilities up to $30,000 a onto reservations with unsuit- the pardon of Leschi. It has aiso eviction of the indigenous peoimplemented a Chinook salmon
year for taxes, insurance, fire able geography for their way of been historically recorded that, ple. While only agreeing to pay
hatchery project there to reviprotection and site mainte- life; far from water sources for "nine-tenths of the [white] peo- the tribes annuities of $32,500
talize tribal and sports fishing.
nance, as well as up to $145,000 fishing and on terrain too rocky ple did not blame the Indians for for 2.24 million acres of land, it
Pipes still under construction
if the city decided to repair it.
for farming.
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resisting" against the violations also included clauses that would
will soon connect the Nisqually
When the city proposed
Within a year of the treaty's of the treaty. Even the Chief grant power to the current PresReservation to Olympia's new
selling the old water source implementations, Chief Leschi Lieutenant of the Steilacoom ident of the United States to rewater source as well.

McAllister Springs Returned the
NiS.q ually Tribe
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Arts & Culture
ODIN COLEi\1A/'\i.

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know it's been a trying week for all of us. Here at POC Talk I've been doing my
best to bring you the most hard hitting news I can! I know this political climate
is exhausting and self care while worrying about how to survive with currellt
events is incredibly hard. Although our safety and well being and the safety and well
being of others is paramount, if you've been fighting as hard as I know you all have,
you deserve a little feel good time. That's why this week we're going to be taking
a break from investigating institutional injustices and instead we will be featuring
several writers from the student body.

B CHAN
Why did you choose to be
a writer? This is hard for me to

for renegotiations, forgiveness,
and persuasions to occur, none
of which I'm very go6d at in
other forms.

answer, not because I don't feel
How long have you been
there are many, many choices
writing? Since I was young,
which ·occurred, but because
_at least since before I was eight.
there have also been many
Not poetry at first, because I
times where I thought I was no
never read poems as a child ang·
longer a writer, and would no
didn't know what they could ao.
longer ,'\I-rite, due to loss and
I was very earnest and, then,
other forms of dislocation. At
couldn't imagine what a lack of
the same time, writing has been
confidence in la,iguage would
the prism through which I take
feel like. Over the past 14 years,
the shape of my ovvn radiations.
my feelings about writing have
vvith its contradictory stakes,
changed so many • times and
vv-ntmg produces opportunigone so many directions, but
ties for ritual, which I love and
it has always been worth it to
seek for its strangely genuine
come back to words.

and impossible lightning. A re-

splendence in the gut. \Vh.at a
feeling, and a trial. It's easy to
select a word, and maybe even
the next, but in doing so, your
writing may ask to justify itself
or overrule you- its existence
and even its practice migratory,
and at the same time indicative
of something on the rise. As a
process(ing tool), writing allows

What's your favorite style/
what style do you use the
most often? Some formal elements I tend towards include
drafting \•vith variant casing
rules Oike proper casing except
for first letters of sentences) or
using spacing and line breaks to
indicate where I would breathe
if reading aloud. llike a lot of

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dashes to indicate held space or
needed leaps. Most of my work
is long-form-series and series
of (narrative?) poems meant to
be consumed in procession, usually presented 'With some beginning invocation or epigraph.
Most of my work isn't like my
poem here, but much of"it does
begin with a similar appearance,
an attempt at finding the right
intonation. If it works right, it
feels like the words are trying on
themselves. there's momentum,
and the style that emerges it supports that velocity.

What is your piece about?
This poem is for my mother,
and is about having no choice
but to wait. This is the only time
I can ¼Tite this, because of what
my mother has asked of me, as
v,.rell as the lunar new year.

I can cry all I want, until
the weekend is over
don't vvish that we could have
seen you again. this is the way
caution I swathes, for which

you will need to either punish
me or forgive me, for / lack of
bargaining. a gush, implosive
and furled, flesh paused / midsynchronization: just enough
room in the tub to cut across. /
because we have not been told
the exact cardinal arrangement
in / which both arms extended into dull meteor, we do not
know exactly / v,rhere you were
found; we have been moving
you since the night / began. our
lanterns unbroken vvi.th forfeiture, the many cirrus flumes /
that have carried into this unswallowed tree, carriers stride as
though / you've given permission - to caches of uncut hair,
to grey birds driven / to dislocation by hammers, for seeds
come loose from necks to join /
you in the dirt. hours now each
of""my grievances have lounged,
/ iq.111bic with gathering stitches.
they.come calling up to the third
floor, I what have you done?
which is to say nothing much,
as we have not / yet moved you
fully. ev~ry inch must lathe the
cla'.y. though numinous / conduits. ')Te closing, though the kiln
poOls, lessons must be givep.. /
answering. it's difficult. charred
lips. fossilized mouthings, given
that / everything else is too tired
to enjoy coming home. against
the / projectile linen of heaving backs, we hope we will see
for the last time / where you
are always going in the day. foal
hours while you moved / even
as your body did not move. a
light has cut across that too. the
/ fruit you have offered. kernel
that bears water, gains weight.
thinking / through hunger, we
allow the grievances their turn.
unfilled forms, / never kno'Wing
flock before we burst the earth
like a pore, they wait / for dew
to_ skim the deposit. how tiring. to bend further, they \Vere
/ happy to watch. at some risk,
I remained the only flume still
touching the / ground. heavy
metals where blood must have
been. a well. Ipredict / that you
will depart ½ith both eyes closed
against those smooth, / translucent gasps. acrid rain. all my
uncles, gathered, gloves ready. /
,ve did this again tomorrm,v:

ACE
What are you studying?
Right now I am in Mediav,..-orks
but next year I will be going
more in depth into audio production and entrepreneurship.

Why did you choose to be
a writer? That writer life chose
me

How long have you been
writing? Since kindergarten
But I was born into poetry as
a 3rd grader when I vvr9te 30
haiku poems

What's your favorite style/
what style do you use the
most often? All styles but my
soul is 11ore dravvn to poetry because there are less rules I have
to break

Any other interesting facts
or things you'd like to include? I really like fruit. And
crystals.

What is your piece about?
Invoking thoughts of beauty
and color in reference to my
body.

Untitled
My body
A kaleidoscope of iridescent
marblez
Thinly cut in small slicez
A stained glass window spiraling
into itself
Paragraph after paragraph
Half written
Characters moving their limbz
Inside of a momentary oasis
Static wordz
Looking back at me?
With eyes wide open ...
In a closed sky!
Paradox
Unblinking
dream like
Magnified water dropletz
Like a stethoscope held up to
river flow
My body
A treasure
The golden of my face
The amber of my palms
The bronze gaim..)' of my iris
llive eternally in the internal
world of life after death
Jewels coat the bottom of my
feet
I reach into my depths and pull
out coiled copper

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Arts & Culture
MASON SOTO
What are you studying?
Writing mostly, and all the antioppression shit I can find
Why did you .choose to be
a writer? I think it has been
many things, the beauty of writing being an important one. A
perfectly written sentence can
be so inspiring, but there is also
a social power to writing that
intrigues me. Writing as a call
to action, writing as an exploration of theory. You can do those
things in any medium but to
me vvritin& has a unique energy

Iam. drawn· to. Perhaps because
of the way others' vn:itings have

shaped me.

How long have you been
writing? I have dabbled since
middle school English class, but
I've only known I wanted to do
this for a living for a year. I always thought I would do something specialized and writing
would come along vvith it, but

now I'm exploring the reverse
of that.
vVhat's your favorite style/what
style do you use the most often?
Essays and prose are my main-

stays. My classes here have gotten me to venture into fiction

and poetry, but I'm not cool
enough for those.

What is your piece about?
This is an excerpt from a work
in progress. I want to discuss
the proliferation of images in
my life and how that shapes my
identity It is a kind of autobiographical essay.

The Yellow House
I learned to cartwheel when I
was around eight or nine and I
was thrilled. I'm sure I showed
off to my mother, mi aunt, my
little sister- but I do not remember those shows or their particular reactions. Ido remember
waiting outside to show my dad
when he got home. My memories reveal themselves under
new, frightening lights all the
time. Moments' impacts shift
and expand and deconstruct,
yet find certainty in my recall.
We lived in a quaint three bedroom home on Apple Street.
In my memory the rooms are
wide and comfy, the ceilings

tall. It was my last home before
my parents' diVorce. -VVhen I revisited as a teenager, I peeked
through my old window and realized a smallness to that Yellow
House I had never known.
My sister calls it that, the Yellow House, when _she aims to
remember her earliest years, her
only years in some semblance
of a nuclear family model Perhaps her memories are more
dreams than anything, fragments of retellings that we used
to share. Occasionally she'll say
something we never talk about
in those stories, and it makes me
wonder if those memories are
more real because they are hers
alone. She used to talk about
our parents getting back together in some impossibly romantic,
cland~sti:rie way. :when we were
both older, our parents did have
a momentary flirtation, a kind
of secret rendezvous. To my
surprise, when my sister found
out she was angry.
In the Yellow House, we -were
Americans. My dad was in the
military. They issued his dog
tags labeled Roman Catholic
even though he was a non-denominational, church avoiding
type of Christian. He is Mexican though, and that seemed
reason enough to mark him
Catholic. His younger sister, my
Aunt Jessica lived with us there
when he was deployed in the .
War on Terror and I used to
keep a picture of her in my mirror, inspired by her beauty, her
makeup, her thick black hair.
We watched the series finale of
Friends together, live in that living room. My father developed
PTSD while he was gone, undiagnosed. There was a picture of
a crying eagle atop a fallen twin
towers hung to our refrigera,tor.

And that's it for POC Talk
this tii:ne guys. Stay strong! Jf
you want to contribute or have
something you would like to see
in this column, send an email to
poctalk@cooperpointjournal.
com

Statements ~ ~estions
Opens at Evergreen Gallery
By Ruby Love
his past Thursday evening, Evergreen Gallery hosted the opening of their
newest exhibit, entitled Statements & (luestwns: Sdect works qf Faculty and Staff
qf The E_vergreen State College. As its title makes clear, the exhibit features work
from faculty and staff of the college, incorporating a mix of well-known Evergreen
artists and newer additions to the campus community.

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Statements & Questions incorporated works from twenty
four artists, ranging vastly in
medium from photographic
portraiture to sculpture to
videci installation. Unified only
by their creators' status as Evergreen faculty and staff, each
work asked something different from its viewers. The exhibit demanded a slower pace,
necessitating taking the additional time to adjust to the
individual voice of each artist. The evening's event was
populated by a mix of faculty,
staff, and students, catching up
between bites of cheese (outside the gallery!) Speaking of
keeping your food outside of
the gallery, the presence of Ev"
ergreen Gallery curator Ann
Friedman was sorely mis·sed,
and I hope she returns to us
soon.
As I toured slowly around

the space, I discovered work
by former (and current!) professors as well as artists whose
names I'd heard, but whose
work I hadn't yet seen. Finishing my third or so lap around
the gallery, I was pulled in by
staff member 1'vlichelle Pope's
beautiful wooden dioramasa pop of color and whimsy
amongst a collection of largely
traditional works. Gallerygoers congregated in front of
the shelf which supported the
dioramas, making sure they'd
read the label correctly. .. they
could, in fact, be · touched!
Turning the small handles
caused these small stages to
wind to life as laughter echoed
through the gallery.
I thought about these dioramas later as I made my way
over to the Student Art Gallery to see Photoland Presents:
Heads Up Display, the latest

work from Evergreen's photo
students. It was fascinating to
see the work of professionalsthe "grown-ups"-immediately
followed by the work of undergraduate students (and recent
graduates), still at the beginning of their artistic careers.
v\'here Statements & Questions was dignified, serious,
and presentable, Heads Up
Display was open, playful, and
sometimes staple-gunned to
the wall. I'm not going to stake
a claim about which is betterI don't think that's the pointbut it made me think deeply
about the process of working
to become a real, grown-up
artist, and what's important to
remember when you get there.

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RICKY OSBORNE.

Olympia Protests Trump's Inallguration
NATIONALLY THE DAY BROUGHT ANGER & DEMONSTRATIONS
By Rachel Carlson

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nJanuary 20, the day of Trump's Inauguration, a protest began bright and early with a 9 a.m. rally on the Capitol steps. Speakers included Jason La Fontaine and Lennee Reid, with performances by Arrington de Dionyso
and China Star. After various groupiBontinued gathering near the Capitol, some protesters broke away to march
down Capitol Way led by a small band of black clad anarchists.
The protest was large on
its first trip through Downtown, which moved quickly
and did not stop to block
intersections on the first
go, but many defected before the group had been
marching for an hour. At
one point a private security
guard for a local news organization had his hand on
his gun, and appeared to be
threatening .the underage
anarchists as they peacefully
followed the now dwindling
protest.

The
group
became
smaller but as more organizers joined, the. group rallied a little, almost stopping
at the port, but only a group
of around five wanted to
stay there. The would-be
port protesters stayed with
the group as they marched
back through the farmers
market. People chante4
an~ protesters began trying
to stop and hold intersections, although the effort
was nearly lost because the
group just couldn't sit still.

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Making their way back
up Capitol Way people sat
down in the street near
Starbucks and a protester
spoke to the assembled
crowd, with that intersection being successfully held
for around ten minutes.
This march worked it's way
back to the Capitol building
where other protesters were
now on the steps. The protesters on the steps had signs
and cheered the return of
those who had taken to the
streets.

There was also a small
group of counter protesters in support of Trump
present at the capitol. Some
of the protesters got into a
physical disagreement with
an alt-right counter protester, who was taken away
by the police, after the altright person scuffled with
what appeared to be young
anarchists.
After this, and some
music being played by Arrington de Dionyso and
China Star, the group again

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chose to march downtown
instead of occupying the
Capitol steps. The group
lost more protesters as they
went on. When they got to
the intersection of 4th Ave.
and Capitol Way some protesters burned a flag while
occupying the intersection.
Someone came out of a
nearby building with a portable amplifier and played
the song "Fuck Donald
Trump" by YG and Nipsey
Hussle, the crowd was a little soggy from the rain but

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some seemed excited and
danced around the burning
flag.
Shortly after the departure of the YG fans, many
of the protesters who had
been marching through
downtown made their way
to the train tracks on fourth
and Jefferson. People were
blocking the road and sitting
on th~ tracks as the warning
bell clanged, and it was rumored that a train carrying
proppants would be leaving
the port soon. Some who
were\ attending the march
left and the crowd dwindled
as others settled in to block
the tracks, with a delivery
of pizza bolstering morale.
Eventually, the police
told protesters that they had
to leave to the road could be
opened to_the public again.
The protesters stayed on
the tracks, and police issued
a dispersal order, threatening arrests. While people
tried to continue blocking
the tracks, they eventually
left and no arrests were reported.
Later that night, someone
fired shots through the windows of multiple businesses
on 4th Ave in downtown

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RACHEL CARI..50N.

Olympia, likely with a pellet gun. The man, driving
a white Toyota Tacoma, is
reported to have been seen
shouting "Hail Tnimp!" by
some eyewitness accounts.
The shots were fired into
local businesses Dumpster Values and Our Table,
which had people inside at
the time, however no one
was injured.
.
Many were . especially
and shocked and frightened
by this event because it hap-

pened in close proximity to
a shooting in Seattle where
an anti-fascist protester was
shot in the stomach by a
Trump supporter attending
a talk by Breitbart editor
and Alt-Right darling Milo
Yiannopoulos.
In Seattle, along with
the protest_ of Yiannopoulos' speaking engagement
at the University of Washington campus, where this
. shooting took place, a "Resist Trump" demonstration

drew crowds of tens of
thousands.
Many _h~d· predicted
hllge protests following on
the day. of Trump's Inauguration. ·While the protests
in Olympia were relatively
small they were part of a
large day of national protest. In Washington D.C.
thousands marched and
tried to disrupt and blockade inauguration proceedings. Some rioted, breaking
windows of Starbucks and

Bank of America, setting a
limousine on fire, and producing the now iconic video
of white nationalis.t Richard
Spencer getting punched in
:the face.
,: The events ofJanuary 20,
kicked off what will likely be
an ongoing series of protests. The next day wornen's marches drew millions
worldwide, and thousands
to downtown Olympia, and
only a week later, people
turned out in mass to shut
down airports across the
country, including SeattleTacoma International Airport, in protest of Trump's
immigrations policies and
the detainment of those entering the country from certain Muslim countries.

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To read about the protest
at SeaTac see page three,
and to read about the women's march on Olympia see
page four. For more color
photographs of the January
20 events in Olympia, as
well as the women's march
go to cooperpointjournal.
com

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CQ1\71,tNG
WED. FEB 1
Bank· of America
210 5th Ave SW. 2pm.

cover artist

Olympia Defund the DAPL
Bank of America Action

BLAINE
E w I G

*Le Voyeur

404 4th Ave E. 9pm.

Vomity 117: The Big
SPEWbowski ft. Mihkel
Teemont & Hans Kim

·FRI.FEB 3
Carlton House
9pm.

TV Girl, Poppet, Ben Varian

SAT. FEB 4
Oly Communitv Center

222 Columbia St NW 10am. $35

Don't Be a Bystander
Workshop

Blaine is one of my dea.r friends, she is tough and an- . Much of your wor.k seems to be focused on bodies, but
gry-in the best doesn't take people's shit will always there is a partialism to it; what is your relationship to the

1f Obsidian
414 4th Ave E. 12am.

Spring Makers Market

Mixx 96.1 KXXO
119 Washington St. 1pm.
Book Group: Indigenous
Peoples' History of the United
State

WET Science Center
500 Adams St NE. 2pm.

Eight Arms, Three Hearts,
One Saturday: Discovering
Octopuses

The Pi!J Bar
619 Legion Way SE. 9pm.

Crockett King, Coastal
Retrosessions, Laika The
Cosmonau

Obsidian
414 4th Ave E. 9pm . .

Johanna Warren, Anna
Gordon, Lola Kirke, Wyndham

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h~ve my b~ck Ill _a fight sort of way-a~d tells me s_he
thinks art IS stupid. Yet she takes be<1;uhful, tender, mtimate, weird photographs of her friends (including in
this case me) as well as still lifes captured in ways that
'
She ,s traveling ng
•h
I
d
exude care.
t now, so message
.,,
·
her some questions from the bar with our friendJoe. In
retrospect I realize I should have just asked her about
that one time someone punched a Monet.
-Felix Chrome

The New Moon Cafe

113 4th Ave W. 9pm.

Benefit GiG : Capsaicin
Collective

1f Olympia Film Society

206 5th Ave SE. 11 :30 pm. $10

Rocky Horror Picture Show

ill7ION. DEC 5 . .
1f last Word Books
111 Cherry St NE. 7pm.

Nonviolence Ain't What it
Used to Be

body as an object in your work? I don't really think about it
as partial.ism. And I don't necessarily like to think of the body as
an object in my photos. All of the bodies I photograph are parts of
really interesting people, with dilferent relationships to their bodies
and feelings and the world. Maybe that sounds cheesy as fuck?? But .
I hate the idea of a bodv as a straight up object and mv initial reac- '
"'uon 1s• t o res1s• t that . ·
·

You also work with more traditional portraiture, do you
see your work where the body is elided, abstracted, made
strange, etc. as the same or different from this other
work? Bodies are strange no matter what you do ·with them. I like
to highlight that when I have the opportunity to, but people usually
want to hi!J,e' it-. -\/\Then I shoot portraits, I've never had someone say
"~ake ri{~ strange/' but nearly everyone expresses in some way their
wish to IQok "beautiful" or otherwise desirable based on some gross
standard of what desirable is. I .think it's interesting to teeter the
line of what's considered pretty
beautiful and what's considered
awkward, weird, ugly, or scary, in order to break down why that's so.

dr

Do you consider there to be a politic or ethic to your
work?
I don't think anything can be apolitical. So in that way, yeah, there's
· a politic to it I guess. But I don't think that my work is trying to actively politicize anything necessarily. If something I make is viewed
as political it's because I made it and I'm not going to try and detach
my beliefs and my experiences (as well as those of my subjects) from
the outcome. When artists try to do that it's as if they're trying to
say that they don'.t exist in the real world, and that's a blatant lie. A
separation of life and art and politics is ridiculous to me. It's all the
same. Or, it should be.

Joe Says: do your think your art is prepared to make tangible change in the world? I add: Why not?
No, I don't think art can change the world. I think that's something
artists say to make themselves feel good. My mmart"'m or work or
whatever ... it isn't going to change anything. I don't need to pretend
it will.because I don't need to feel good. To change the world you
have to, like, tell your friends you!ove them, or break a window; or
fight a cop, or talk about your feelings, or light something on fire or
whatever.

One time in the CPJ you said "Blaine hates art and
doesn't want to talk al;>out it"? Do you have a response to
your past self?
Nah, still true.

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shut dmm planned protests that are here to help students and are
are not only completely legal but less harmful that other policing
also intended to be peaceful? In institutions. However, even camthe last issue of POC Talk I ques- pus police are part of an apparationed whether I would believe tus that criminalizes and enslaves
the school if they put out a state- Black people and those who atment alleging they weren't spying tempt to take action against white
on students, but I never thought supremacy. This is seen in their
that the chief of police would cooperation v.-:ith other law encome right out and admit to it.
forcement agencies, in addition
-Brown goes out of her way to to the active role that Evergreen
seem to dismiss "bad apples'' in police have historically taken in
the police force as if it is reason- repressing students who attempt
able to compare police to other to change tJ:ie status quo and soprofessions stating, "I knov,, that cial order.
This school's police have a
there are bad apples in every
bunch, whether it's teachers or history of spying on students, in
doctors or cops." This statement 2009 it wa-; revealed that the camshmv a disregard for the differ- pus police shared information
ences in the povv·er that police about student groups with John
hold over citizens versus the pmv- Towery, an informant vvorking
ers that doctors and teachers pos- \\ith the US military. The school
sess. \ Vhen doctors murder peo~ abo has a history of collaboratple in need of medical help they ing, and sharing information \-\-:itb
lose their license unlike police, local police. Her v\.'l.llingness to
as ,ve sa,-v":·,,.,ith · the officer who admit to surveillance of studenLs
killed Eric .Garner and the non- is incredibly scary and unaccept, indictments of many other police able. She also supports increased
who have murdered black peopk camera surveillance on campus,
If a teacher slims a 12 year old seemingly claiming funding to be
student on the ground they would the only setback
In their choice of Stacy Brmvn
likely lose their j,ib unlike police,
as We saw'-)\i.th Janissa Valdez a for campus police chief, .Evergreen
sL;;:th grader ~ho was violently has given power to another white
thrmvn on'' her face by a school person that as no understanding
police officer, an instance seen _t)f racial issues. Brm-vn, and by exby many to highlight the urgent ',tension the school, seems to trunk
need to remove police from our the ,vhite perspective is the only
schools. In both of these instances one worth considering, a perspecpeople in any other profession tive that this administration is alwould almost definitely go to jail, ready full of
but police on the other hand can
disregard their "duty to protect"
You yourself can be a "good')
citizens and walk avvay scot free.
cop all you vvant but you still upBrovvn has expressed commit- hold an unjust system~ complament to promoting "community cency and participation are suppolicing" which is really just po- port, The day when Black and
lice lingo for police public rela- brm-vn people are no longer protions campaigns and programs filed, brutalized, murdered and
that encourage snitching1 destroy- enslaved in the prison system being any real sense of community cause of the color of their skin by
as more of those around us be- your "brother and sisters" in the
come part of the police surveil- force is the day I will maybe conlance apparatus. Her idea that sider feeling sorry about your hurt
reforms to foster community en- feelings over All Cops Are Basgagement vvith police would ad- tards (ACAB) signs and chants.
dress the problems of policing You may be hated for the uniform
illustrate a complete disregard for you choose to put on, but I v,.ras
the threat that police pose, and born in my skin.
a misunderstanding of student's
problems Vv-ith hav-:ing police· on
campus.
Bro-vvn says that she cannot
talk to people who don't want police at all, painting them as unreasonable, 1,,vhich seems par for the
course with the school's dismissal
of the fact that policing is a racist
a.'1d classist oppressive tool used
to keep dmvn and imprison the
most vulnerable citizens.
Police services and campus police may argue that campus police
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The annual "Cops and Donuts" event V1cas. cancclled this year due to protest. SHALNA BITTLE.

Fuck Civility!
STUDENT RESPONSE TO,POLICE CHIEF STACY
BROWN'S COMMENTS ON CAMPUS PROTEST
By Georgie Hicks

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he last issue of this publication included an interview of Stacy Brown,
the new Evergreen chief of police. \i\Tithin that article .Brown made
several comments that I found unacceptable and in need of dissection.

Brovvn says that in her time
as a student at Evergreen-she
graduated in 2006- she never
sa\v anything like the protest that
occurred at her s·wearing in, "I
never \vould have imagined that
would come from the Evergreen
State College I mean we're peaceful, right?"' Brovvn continued, "I
didn't see anything like this when
I was here-heated discussions,
sure, but they were always civil."
I find it concerning that the
new chief of police seems to have
no understanding of the current
political atmosphere) on this campus or the nation at large, which
has been quickly becoming more
radicalized in response to police
brutalit)', murder and enslavement in the prison system committed and perpetrated by this
nation's police force. Black lives
?vfatter and local events such as
the shooting of local black men
Andre Thompson and Bryson
Chaplin have pushed this radical
resistance into the mainstream.
It .seorn; odd that Bro·wn, who
has been a Poiicc officer for the

Le,vis County Deputy's Office for
the last 20 years, hasn't heard of
any other protests at Evergreen.
Notably the protest that oCcurred
on campus in 2008. Information
about this protest is easily accessible~a riot occurred during a
Dead Prez concert on campus
during which a police car was
flipped over and the police were
chased off campus, all of which
was vvidely reported on':' by the
news.
Considering that Bro½n's
S\vearing in ceremony did nOt occur until ,·v-:inter quarter of this
year, I \Vould assume that before accepting the position she
vmuld have made herself aware
of the numerous and ongoing direct action protests at Evergreen
throughout fall quarter of this
year.
All this this with the added bonus of the inclusion of the vvord
civil, a vvord "\vhich currently
and historically has been used to
dclegit:imize and shut dovvn black
and brovvn people often fighting against uncivil treatment in

the first place. A Vv-:illingness to
use this word connotes a lack of
understanding of racial issues in
this country. With this, along ,vith
her mentio•n of things like this
not happening in 2006 and her
ge_neral demeanor when speaking
ahdut policing1 it seems Brovm
may be stuck in ideology from
the past. Brmvn's attitude seems
disturbingly reminiscent of arguments for America as a post-racial
or colorblind society, an ideology
that has proven to be false and
harmfuL
Brovm's previous statements
coupled \vith her admittance that
the police do regularly use and
watch Facebook to keep tabs on
students has me quite worried
about Evergreen's choice of chief
of police. Are we just supposed to
accept the fact we live in a surveillance state? Shouldn't we be concerned that Police Services and
the administration is admitting
to ,-vatching Facebook~- that they
admit to having students who
prov-:ide information about student planned actions? That they

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further looked into. Again he blamed
people lower in the chain of command.
I repeated that as a_student here at the
college I have worked on this project
for a year and have done all the necessary steps that the adn1inistration has
funvard to change the gendered
bathrooms. I
going to be 1nvolved at "'lvhich he raised
his voicC said~ ''is that a threatTi I calmly sz.jd no and, ra]s1ng his ,,-olcc. even
louder he saidJ ((I v.,'111 not be bullied.
Alexandei: :~
Never in my ti1ne at The Evergreen
State CoUege have I had a
member or a staff rncm,ber raise their
voice at me: nor have complete disregard for a student prqject. After he
raised his voice, the Ineetir.1.g \Vas officially finished. Before leaving I calmly
asked him what the students should do
to 1vhich he again denied any responsibilit)f and said that students should go
to the Space Con11nittee 1neeting. Students have already voiced their opinion
however, with 500 signing a petition
in days in favor of more all-gendered
bathrooms. I do not want John Hurley to be bullied, but I .do want him
to hear the voice of the students and
take. responsibility for actions in his
depiutment. I also want to make sure
that his "further study" continues so
please email him your opinions at hurlexj@evergreen.edu give him a call at
360.867.6500 or visit him in the President's Office at Lib 3215.
We are one of the most liberal colleges in the United States; together we
can help John Hurley and the administration understand the need for these
bathrooms to be changed.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Tell the Administration Seminar II
Bathrooms 'Should be All-Gender
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I

have worked on changing the gendered bathrooms· in Seminar II to all-gender for a year
now, completing every step that the administration has thrown at me. I have been successful
in this process before, changing the bathrooms on the first floor of the CAB to all-gender. As
we broke for summer break everything was set to move forward for the Seminar II bathrooms.
I was looking forward to returning to school iri. the fall to work on funding for the installation of
urinal stalls, in addition to bathroom changes; hopefully completing this project by winter break.
This, of course, has not occurred.
After approval from the Space Committee (a group made up of administrators from different parts of the college) they sent their recommendation
for gender neutral bathrooms to the
Vice President of Finance and Administration, John Hurley, for his final
approyal. After a majority of students
had left for summer,John Hurley sent a
memorandum declaring that the space
committee's recommendation "warrants further study" and that "building
occupants need to be consulted to determine if they have objections, I would
also like for the committee to consult
with Conference Services as many conferences are booked in Seminar 2".
The Space Committee approved
the recommendation at the May 2,
2016 meeting, with the recommendation being sent to John Hurley on June
15, 2016. OnJune 22, 2016 he sent his

memorandum expressing disapprov- has sat for a full quarter with very little
al. I did not receive any notice of his progress. I decided it would be best to
statement until August 3 I, 2016. The meet with John Hurley individually to
recommendation andJohn Hurley's re- understand what he would like to see
sponse were sent after the beginning of in order to make this project move forsummer break when students to go out ward. I brought with me emails from
of my way to find out the status of the the groups located in Seminar II that I
proposed b;lthroom change.
have consulted with, as well as the email
Changing the bathroom in Seminar that stated that Conference Services is
II is an obvious choice. With-a gender . not apart of Seminar two and that conneutral single occupancy bathroom ferences adjust to the bathrooms.
right next to the all-gendered bathroom
Yet, before even being able to prowould make it so that all people during duce those documents John Hurley
those short busy class breaks are able to denied that it was his problem, deflectuse the bathrooms safely and efficiently. ing responsibility away from him, and
Currently; there is one gendered bath- pushing it back on the Space Comroom next to a single occupancy bath- .mittee and Jeanne Rynne, (Director
room with a different gender on each of Facilities). I brought up that as Vice
floor. This requires many students to President of Administration and Fieither go to another floor or wait on the nance he is responsible for any and all
single occupancy bathroom.
projects that Facilities puts forward and
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ith the recent new moon in the humanitarian sign of Aquarius, all the signs have been feeling a call to action. When our world is threatened,
when our loved ones are in danger, or when we don't feel 'safe ourselves, often there is a tendency to react by hiding away from it all. However,
these next couple weeks are about coming together, stating intentions and following through on our plans. There is power within each of us,
and to bring that together makes an unstoppable community.

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ARI ES 3121 -4119

LI BRA 9/23- -10122

You've dug in your heels and are dedicated, Aries. Much like your alias, the ram, you've been feeling
defensive and ready to butt heads with anyone who disagrees with ·you. There hasn't been room for
humor in your pain, this is serious. While your stubbornness is admirable, over time you're going to
have to learn to let go a little and learn to laugh again, even among a hard time.

When the going gets rough, you tend to hide yourself away, Libra. Conflict isn't exactly your thing,
but you may be feeling like something's missing for you. You're leaving a part of yourself behind by
shutting away. You're forgetting your value, and forgetting to stay confident. While it's good to do
things within your own self-interest, you can't trap yourself in your own head forever.

TAURUS4120 -5120

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Things have been hitting you a little harder than usual lately. You're just extra-sensitive to any and
all harshness the world throws at you. It's okay to feel everything deeply, learn to understand all your
emotions, get to know them. However, don't stop there, Taurus. Getting stuck with your head in the
clouds isn't going to help you now. Turn your sensitivity into a force of good for yourself and others.

GEMINI 5121 - 6120
There is something mysterious and dark hovering over you. Maybe a. secret you're keeping, or an
off-feeling you're having? Don't be afraid of the dark, Gemini. Yo~'re kn9wn to have two sides, and
while your outward self wants to come off cool, you have something de.e ply emotional inside of you
that's begging to have some light shed on it. Don't repress something because it seems scary, if you
let a little of yourself go it may just be the key to greater happiness.

CANCER 6121 - 1122
You're taking on too much, Cancer. You may have thought it was all a good idea, that all this stuff
would help you in the end but it's just too much! There's no way you can can:y tbis big of a load
on your shoulders. Start prioritizing what in your life absolutely needs your fu:ite leadership and
what can saved for-later. While you ideally want to handle everything at once, you are someone who
needs to put self-care first.

LEO 1123-8122
Your typical style of self-confidence has been on-point. Something's clicked, you understand perfectly where you are in life and what you should be doing. However► others aren't perceiving your
confidence as confidence. Take a minute to step back and check in with yoursel£ Are you saying
something that could be hurting someone's feelings without even realizing? While being in touch
with yourself is important, focus on staying in touch with others too- you don't want your friends
to feel forgotten.

VIRGO 8/23-9122
You're known to be a workaholic type, and you can see your goals starting to get accomplished.
Something might be finally going exactly the way you planned it, or you m ay still be working hard
while knowing that the reward is right in front of you. Keep on keepin' on, Virgo. You're doing
something right.

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SCORPIO 10123- 11 121
Patience isn't exactly one of your virtues, but something has been slowly but surely ending in your
life. Maybe you've finally moved on from an ex, or your~ensing that your current friend group just
doesn't value you. You're one who's known to ignite endings with your sharp and ruthless stinger.
Drifting slowly away from the past doesn't quite feel natural for you, but just know that so much pain
is already behind you. You're still working through it, but the future is bright.

SAGITTAR IUS11122-1 2121
For you, restlessness and boredom are the absolute worst feelings imaginable. However that's exactly what's been going on. Your living, but not thriving, you're going through the motions and your life
isn't exciting right now. It's okay for things to get slower. Maybe you need to rest for a minute, there
might be something inside you trying to get to the surface. Settle in, get cozy, and start processing.

CAPRICORN 12122 - 1119
You've been level-headed. Getting work done, staying calm, and overall just being at peace with
yoursel£ H owever the eye of the storm is always the most temperate part. Surrounding you are
swirling winds and harsh weather, but you are resilient. Others may see 'boring' but only you know
where you truly stand. Sometimes just getting up in the morning for work or class is an act of resistance.

AQUARIUS 1120-211 8
You're ready to feel something intense. It's as though you've been asleep, Aquarius.Just work and
school, but now you've snapped-in a positive sense. You have so much to give and now is the time
to give deeply. Maybe there's someone who's caught your eye, or maybe it's yourself that you can't
wait to pay extra attention to. No matter what harshness the world throws your way, you're ready
to fight it with fierce love.

PISCES 2119-3120
You are illuminated. Something, or someone has got you feeling warm and fuzzy inside and you're
bursting at the seams with light. H old on to this warmth, Pisces. You're not known for having the
best of luck, but I would argue that your emotional resilience makes you the luckiest sign of them
all. Feel free to sit and bask, do things that make you feel extra-confident. You'll have so much more
to offer when you feel good about yoursel£

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