From Saxifrage: ‘Untitled Poem’
By Amariah Clift,
Saxifrage Contributor
Thank fearless love for a passionate life.
Throttles charge the gallows as if oddly shaped feet pour over mountains
There are things, the things no one has thought...
Matrix Column: Advocate for advocacy
By Angie Tinker, Matrix Co-Editor
What do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the protests in Ferguson and the Ruth Anderson debate on vegetarianism all have in common? They’re all forms...
From Matrix: Perspective
By Pam Barker, Matrix Contributor
By Pam Barker
Matrix Contributor
White walls
White shoes
White cars
White people
White World
Everything growing up
was white
An Advocate
I never dreamed I’d be
Perspective colored the sky
Love blurred my straight lines
Understanding opened...
From The Matrix: Part of the “Through the Eyes of the Women’s Center” Story
By Dr. Jennifer Smith
Matrix Contributor
I resist the notion that men and women are polar opposites.
I resist the idea that prejudice and intolerance are inevitable.
I resist the sense that change...
From The Matrix: Advocacy
By Caitlin Dawes, Matrix Contributor
Pumping through the views of Pacific Lutheran University is the mission to become advocates within our communities, wherever our college careers may lead us to be...
From The Matrix: Infinitely
By Kristin Hayes, Matrix Contributor
Of the five classified Romantic languages
We have five translations of feminism.
FĂ©minisme
Feminism
Femminismo
Feminismo
Feminism
Our blossoming evolution into third wave feminism
Is that of intersectionality
And challenging the veil
Of sisterhood.
The metaphor of these...
From Saxifrage: Fraconia Ridge
By Anna Rasmussen, Saxifrage 38 Contributor
Guy and Laura Waterman built a house
in the snowcapped White Mountains
of Vermont. They managed without water
or electricity—just two small rooms filled
with climbing gear, instruments, and
stacks...
From Saxifrage Archives: “Dawn” by John Hunter
Dawn
A burning copper coin rises in the East,
Its photons stream through the window.
Three hundred thousand kilometers a second at least,
Visible light: red, orange, yellow,
Green, blue, and violet; the colors
Blended...
From The Matrix Archives: “On Being Asexual”
By Leah Larson, Matrix contributor
The concept of a person who isn’t interested in sex befuddles most people. Being attracted to someone of any gender is frequently listed as one...