Caitlin Donohue

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Caitlin Donohue grew up in the Sunset and attended Jefferson Elementary School. She writes about weed, sex, perreo, and other methods of dismantling power structures. Her current center of operations is Mexico City.

Protest

DNC week proves there’s more than one way to stand up for Gaza

August 23, 2024

From uncommitted delegates to some creative protestors, Chicago didn’t let the Dems forget the issue of Palestine

Campaign Trail

Support for Palestinian rights—in the halls of the DNC

August 22, 2024

Uncommitted delegate and The Dig’s leftist podcast host Daniel Denvir is among those playing an inside game

Performance

In 1960s secretary drag, she types strangers’ DNC week letters to POTUS

August 21, 2024

Sheryl Oring's Bay-born "I Wish to Say" project has loosed tongues for two decades—now she's on the ground in Chicago.

Protest

2024 DNC protests may have little in common with 1968—let’s hope

August 18, 2024

Similar political contexts, sure, but progressive Chicago leadership, protestors’ focus on de-escalation, and the evolution movement itself predict change

Lit

After 35 years, the story of Los Cenzontles sings

July 29, 2024

Traditional Mexican music and dance company founder Eugene Rodriguez built community to a beat. A new memoir shares his lessons.

Lit

The Ethical Slut turns 80: A talk with poly fairy grandmother Dossie Easton

March 11, 2024

She co-wrote the book on living and loving openly. Here, she speaks to us about her decades of experience.

Music

Los Cenzontles pair twinkling, traditional Cuban and Veracruzan legacies on ‘Son Con Son’

October 22, 2023

Artists Kiki Valera and Mono Blanco came to the Bay Area to explore their birth countries' deep musical connection.

Onstage

After death, she’s living: Per Sia returns to hosts Día de los Muertos drag showcase

October 16, 2023

'It feels like every year we go in deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper,' performer says of SOMArts celebration

Culture

Highlighting justice: Oakland salon seeks BIPOC, LGBTQ, first-generation apprentices

August 26, 2023

Vee Vargas of Be Here Salon has an emancipatory vision for luxury hair inclusivity.

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong