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Hidden Herstories of Queer Liberation
Hidden Herstories of Queer Liberation
The trans women and drag queens who lead the fight in the Compton Cafeteria Uprising — three years before Stonewall!
Dre Cáceres
Jun 19
Why Are We Giving AI The Means to Murder Us?
Why Are We Giving AI The Means to Murder Us?
Has no one seen “Battlestar Gallactica?”
Patsy Fergusson
Feb 22
A Puppet, a Pauper, a Pirate, A Poet, A Pawn, And a King
A Puppet, a Pauper, a Pirate, A Poet, A Pawn, And a King
A One-Minute Play about Dianne Feinstein’s Long Political Career
Evelyn Jean Pine
Sep 29, 2023
I Like the way SF Acknowledges First Peoples Before Meetings
I Like the way SF Acknowledges First Peoples Before Meetings
It may feel like too little too late, but it moves us towards human decency
Patsy Fergusson
Aug 20, 2023
Who Owns the Waterfront?
Who Owns the Waterfront?
And does government work for the people, or not?
Patsy Fergusson
Aug 17, 2023
Unexpected Love and Death in the Heart of the Castro
Unexpected Love and Death in the Heart of the Castro
A Tale of Two Bike Accidents
John Kruse MD, PhD
Jul 15, 2023
Patriarchy Killed Cash App Founder
Patriarchy Killed Cash App Founder
And a woman will probably be blamed
Patsy Fergusson
Apr 15, 2023
Book Review | Bad Muslim Discount
Book Review | Bad Muslim Discount
Get a glimpse of Muslim life in Pakistan, Iraq and San Francisco
Patsy Fergusson
Jan 11, 2023
Photo Essay: Things Look Different Now
Photo Essay: Things Look Different Now
What we keep and what we have to let go
Patsy Fergusson
Mar 23, 2022
California Governor is Right About Mental Illness and Addiction
California Governor is Right About Mental Illness and Addiction
Laws need to be changed to force people into treatment
Patsy Fergusson
Mar 10, 2022
Kate Douglas Wiggin: Dedicated Kindergarten Educator, and Children’s Author
Kate Douglas Wiggin: Dedicated Kindergarten Educator, and Children’s Author
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American author and composer best known for her children’s book, ‘Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’. She also composed…
Charlie O'Brien
Mar 5, 2022
Why I Stand With San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin
Why I Stand With San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin
Recall would stymie the criminal justice reform that’s needed in SF and across the globe
Patsy Fergusson
Feb 17, 2022
A Few Odd Birds I’ve Seen in San Francisco
A Few Odd Birds I’ve Seen in San Francisco
And how to start watching and identifying birds
Patsy Fergusson
Nov 15, 2021
Leaving San Francisco
Leaving San Francisco
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
John Kruse MD, PhD
Oct 14, 2021
Why My Top Priority is Physical
Why My Top Priority is Physical
And how I started rowing on San Francisco Bay
Patsy Fergusson
Sep 19, 2021
Wangechi Mutu Speaks My Language
Wangechi Mutu Speaks My Language
How this artist’s work validates my power, and yours
Patsy Fergusson
Sep 14, 2021
Marathon Reading for Ferlinghetti Day, Pandemic Version
Marathon Reading for Ferlinghetti Day, Pandemic Version
Poet’s death and pandemic shape March 24 tribute
Patsy Fergusson
Mar 15, 2021
What Happened When Emily Moved to Germany
What Happened When Emily Moved to Germany
A comparison of living in the U.S. vs. Germany
Patsy Fergusson
Feb 28, 2021
Medium Gives Me Access to Black Voices
Medium Gives Me Access to Black Voices
More than any other public space in my white life
Patsy Fergusson
Jan 18, 2021
Can We Take a Moment to All Hail the Queen?
Can We Take a Moment to All Hail the Queen?
Nancy Pelosi is badassery personified
Patsy Fergusson
Jan 14, 2021
Mother Earth is Trying to Kill Us
Mother Earth is Trying to Kill Us
Like a long-abused spouse, she‘s had enough
Patsy Fergusson
Sep 12, 2020
At the Cafe: Stimulus Porn
At the Cafe: Stimulus Porn
When banks tease tease but don’t deliver the funds
Patsy Fergusson
May 9, 2020
Open Poem to Lawrence Ferlinghetti from the Urban Forester
Open Poem to Lawrence Ferlinghetti from the Urban Forester
By Chris Buck
Fourth Wave Editors
Mar 18, 2020
Ferlinghetti Day is Coming for You!
Ferlinghetti Day is Coming for You!
Unfettered by physical boundaries, poetic spirit moves online
Patsy Fergusson
Mar 18, 2020
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