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@DCWeekender

the weekender is the @dailycal’s online culture magazine. we publish deep dives, cultural commentaries and art every weekend.

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined September 2017
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EDITORIAL | “In support of the graduate students who keep the UC Berkeley campus running, one of the most powerful things you can do is not attend class Nov. 14” dailycal.org/2022/11/11/stri…
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Housewarming: A prose poem | "We had a housewarming, we wanted all our friends to know. They felt the love here too and so I think we should continue to throw" dailycal.org/2022/10/01/hous…
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The rock and the fish: A fable | "When the rock was finally worn down and split in two by a child skipping rocks, he took all of his sticky notes with him. If there’s such a thing as reincarnation, he would never be a rock again" dailycal.org/2022/10/01/the-…
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Inspired by Italo Calvino’s “The Castle of Crossed Destinies,” seven of the Weekender’s staffers came together to write short pieces based on the same set of five tarot cards. Join us to see how the same visual prompt elicits responses from each writer dailycal.org/2022/10/01/cros…
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Stories that escaped borders, Part I: A personal essay | "As I am surrounded by my family, the former citizens of Anatevka circle the lone fiddler playing a solemn tune" dailycal.org/2022/10/01/stor…
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A lover's lament: A personal essay | "The endless smiles that ripped at the corners of my mouth and warm embraces that felt like belonging are now meaningless and abundant, like sweets in a dental office candy jar" dailycal.org/2022/10/01/a-lo…
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"This was supposed to be my coming-of-age summer. Instead, it was the summer I learned to be alone" dailycal.org/2022/10/01/my-s…
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from last week’s issue: weekender editor @8leexuan8 got “coco cutab—” as a randomly generated drag name when asked, and this is not inaccurate dailycal.org/2022/09/17/the-…
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"Our community’s cycling culture deserves celebrating and infrastructural support, whether that entails expanding the bike cage system or investing in accessible public bike access in general" dailycal.org/2022/09/10/bike…
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"The new school year is upon us, and the Weekender staff is thrilled to be back. In this first issue, we explore the highs and lows of college life, from the trials and tribulations of life in academia to the thrills of finding a clue hunt on campus" dailycal.org/2022/09/10/edit…
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"I hope that we can soon realize that 'happiness' does not have a single, universal definition, but it is rather a subjective feeling one embraces at the right moment in their life." dailycal.org/2022/09/10/jour…
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this week: staff writer sonoma carlos resorts to sad girl summer music as she mourns the loss of not one but two bikes dailycal.org/2022/09/10/bike…
our first issue of the week is out and you should really only be doing two things: brunching and/or checking it out dailycal.org/section/weekend…
welcome to the weekender’s villain era. apply now: apply.dailycal.org
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"Somehow there’s warmth in the gray sky No heater in a building that’s 200 years old" — Isabelle Ritter dailycal.org/2021/12/05/init…
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"As college students, it can be easy to confine ourselves to campus and the areas directly adjacent to it, but there is so much to see beyond its borders." — Lia Keener dailycal.org/2021/12/05/take…
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"It’s often easy to feel like a fish out of water when immersed here, especially when your attendance tasks you with the opportunity and responsibility of challenging, continuing and shaping such a great legacy." — Katie Cota dailycal.org/2021/12/04/purp…
"The meaning we ascribe to our activities is largely the reason why we struggle to effectively manage our time." — @stella_ho17 dailycal.org/2021/12/04/over…
"Our stretching metropolises are their labyrinthine tunnels — snow globes inside snow globes inside snow globes." — Logan Roscoe dailycal.org/2021/12/04/pira…
"How can one be so overwhelmed by action one moment and feel completely alone the next?" — Alyson Lee dailycal.org/2021/11/14/afre…
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