Tag: jennifer contreras columns
Peace week offers insight
I do not ascribe to any organized religion. While my family is Catholic, I have chosen to be a religiously and spiritually independent soul.
Rethinking holiday consumerism
Yes, it is too late for "Buy Nothing Day." And, it is too late to remind you all about the privilege of a Thanksgiving feast. However, the topics run rampant this time of year and can be applied any old time - even today.
Cobain’s privacy raped in ‘Journals’
As I turn up the volume in my 1993 white Pontiac Grand Am while I coast around town, those behind me can see me bouncing in my seat. Obviously, I am grooving to a song I really love.
Free speech is a privilege to cherish
All over the country, people are exercising their right to free speech.
Journalistic faith restored by inspiring words
I've been inspired. I feel like I am free now. I feel like I am significant and necessary. I feel like I have been given a new lease on life, hope and passion. In short: I feel excited.
Once a pumpkinhead, always a pumpkinhead
All four of them have planted their sweet pumpkin seeds in my heart. And with my love and devotion, they have grown inside of me from beautiful seeds into gorgeous pumpkins.