Sex and the City on a Hill: Miss Anna Swing
Dear Laye Texx, As a trans girl, I’ve been feeling a little disheartened on dating apps. It’s a struggle to keep up confidence in my body when I feel like things are still in a work-in-progress state, but I also don’t want to wait to...
Who Gets to Have an Education?
The first time I took the loop bus down Heller Drive, it stopped at an apartment complex with such dilapidated exteriors that I couldn’t understand why UC Santa Cruz hadn’t repaired them yet. A group of kids boarded here, their feet swinging from seats too...
We Are Witnesses to a Modern Genocide
The genocide in Palestine flickers continuously at the top of our news headlines. Millions of eyes spectate the live-streamed atrocities through phone screens, viewing devastation we cannot unsee. The genocide is ingrained in our minds. With a faltering ceasefire, the phrase “do not look away”...
Students Mobilize; Debt is Not a Rite of Passage
As the University of California’s governing board, Board of Regents, prepares for its monthly convening at UCLA this November, there is a concern over their opportunity to approve yet another new tuition hike for future UC students. Passed in 2021 by the UC Board of...
Sex and the City on a Hill: Miss. Peggy
Dear Laye Texx, My boyfriend recently discovered a love for pegging, and while I’m all for it, I just can’t keep up! it’s gotten to the point where even 4 times in a night just isn’t satisfying for him. I’m exhausted and have begun to...
Who I Love is None of Your Business
As a queer person, I have always been expected to explain why I love who I love. When I came out to my father, he asked me why I’m gay. When I told him I hope to get married, he asked why. I couldn’t give...
Sex and the City on a Hill
Previously, City on a Hill Press had a dominatrix in the building. Betty X rose to fame in the 2000s by inviting fellow students to spill their guts on their sex lives, kinks, fetishes, desires and relationships (or lack thereof). She wasn’t afraid to be...
Why You Should Bring a Bike to UCSC
Walking, busing, biking, driving. Despite how popular driving to campus is, it isn’t always the most efficient mode of transportation. Before you buy a parking permit or spend countless hours looking for open ParkMobile spots, let me convince you to ride a bike up, down...
Fuck ICE.
Immigrant communities, documented and undocumented, visa-holders and citizens alike are hurting. This nation was founded on immigrants, and should be proud to be a melting pot of cultures. We seem to have lost this pride and subsequently forgotten the responsibilities to our people. Due process...
5 Tactics to Fight Fascism
Fascism is described as a political ideology, or movement, that places the nation above the individual. Fascist governments suppress opposition with no tolerance for dissent. Other political theorists also recognize the control of mass media, undermining of “truth,” and disdain for human rights, as characteristics...