Counting That Kiva Green
The microlending lo-down. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture So you want to start a business, but like many entrepreneurs, don’t have the means to get it off the ground. We […]
Category Archives: Features
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE RESISTANCE DEMONSTRATES STRENGTH OF INDIGENOUS CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT
By Elliot Owen Sierra Magazine Standing Rock, ND—For Bethany Crawford, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux and great grand niece of the legendary Lakota leader Sitting Bull, the Obama […]
Here’s What Held Us
Back to the basics, please. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture Pokemon Go. DNA sequencing. Genetically-engineered mosquitoes. Instagram Stories. Artificial Intelligence. Virtual reality. 3D printing. Facebook Live. Democratization of space. Bioengineered […]
The Philippine Dream
Don’t sleep on this southeast Asian destination. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture Earlier this year, I spent 19 days honoring the #wanderlust within by traveling to a dozen islands across […]
How’d We Get Here?
The millennial memory — mapped. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture People love throwing shade at the Millennial generation. We’ve been called everything from entitled, selfish, and narcissistic, to the “most […]
Mindfulness In The Workplace
Making work feel less like work. By Elliot Owen Ui Culture According to the World Health Organization, stress-related costs for American companies reach over $300 billion per year. The stressed […]
Shasta Pack
“Shasta Pack” first appeared in the September/October 2015 issue of Outdoor California, the official magazine of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Produced bi-monthly, the publication runs news and features on […]
Life of activism shaped transwoman’s compassion
By Elliot Owen Bay Area Reporter Shifts in social climates require decades of contextual movement work, and there’s no better testament to that than Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a self-identified formerly […]
Oaklanders School ‘Real World’ Cast on Transgender Identity
By Elliot Owen East Bay Express Oaklanders keep it real. And last night, almost 2 million viewers watched as five queer people of color from the Town schooled the cast […]
Playing Against Archetype: Real World Cast Member Ari Fitz Is Black, Gay, and Androgynous. How Will the Rest of the World Cope?
By Elliot Owen SF Weekly Ari Fitz. She’s not the wildcard of MTV’s 29th season of The Real World, not the racist, the rich kid, or the hot-tempered hulk. She’s the voice of […]
