Meet Monroe the Gardener: From Homeless to SRO
By Lilian Wang I’d met Monroe at Episcopal Community Services’ Tuesday breakfast support group for homeless seniors. He came...
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These Are the Faces of San Francisco’s Homelessness Crisis
Photography by Phoebe Heaton / Text by Keith A. Spencer The greatest power of the photograph is its ability to pause...
Sleeping with a Gentrifier
A few weeks ago, I moved to the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco — the bright-orange yolk at the center of...
I Met God at the Berkeley Post Office
9:15 AM, May 2, Downtown Berkeley Post Office I was in line to buy a stamped envelope. The first...
An Encounter with My Comic Book Hero
Written and illustrated by Kelly O’Grady I couldn’t fucking believe it. My favorite cartoonist, Ron Crowes, was going...
After Orlando: The Routine of Terror
The arc of terror is easy to plot. It starts with fire. An explosion of some kind. Large and chaotic...
This Week in The Bold Italic: Latina Identities, the Economics of Self-Pleasure, and Craigslist Nightmares
By the time you read this, the NBA Playoffs will either be over or almost over, so you might want...
Financial Planning for Married Same-Sex Couples
When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across all 50 states last June, the historic ruling was celebrated by social...
Growing Up Latina (But Not Mexican) in SF
When Latino culture is boiled down to one identity...
What Makes a San Franciscan?
By Antoinette Siu San Francisco has always been a city full of transients. For many years, people have flocked here...
Saying Goodbye to (My) San Francisco
By Colleen McCullough I’m on the 45, shitty coffee in hand, looking out at the fog that threatens to...
Why Don’t More Minorities Hike?
By Teresa Baker As a Bay Area native, I grew up in outdoor spaces. While hiking trails in Tilden Park...