BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Alex Jiménez
Spring 2020 literature and LGBTQ+ media beat
Alex Jiménez is the spring 2020 literature and LGBTQ+ media beat. Previously, she was the fall 2019 Weekender editor and the spring 2019 Weekender assistant editor. Before that, she was the fall 2018 arts columnist and summer 2018 LGBTQ+ media beat. She joined the Daily Cal in fall 2017 as a Weekender staff writer and became an arts reporter in spring 2018.
Portfolio
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Teeth of the young lions: A poem
when I was a child I always had this vision of us as glass.
someone tapped too hard one day and we shattered
Portfolio
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Teeth of the young lions: A poem
when I was a child I always had this vision of us as glass.
someone tapped too hard one day and we shattered
Culture Shot
MAY 30, 2019
The National: Easy to find, not easy to listen to — ranking the band’s albums
Maybe it’s just my unwitting obsession with sad men singing about sad things, but maybe it’s something more than that.
Culture Shot
MAY 30, 2019
The National: Easy to find, not easy to listen to — ranking the band’s albums
Maybe it’s just my unwitting obsession with sad men singing about sad things, but maybe it’s something more than that.
Album Reviews
MAY 22, 2019
On ‘I Am Easy to Find,’ The National (mostly) stays in its mold — but it pays off
If you haven’t heard of or listened to The National, its eighth album I Am Easy to Find probably isn’t a good place to start.
Album Reviews
MAY 22, 2019
On ‘I Am Easy to Find,’ The National (mostly) stays in its mold — but it pays off
If you haven’t heard of or listened to The National, its eighth album I Am Easy to Find probably isn’t a good place to start.
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
A communion of interiorities: At Bay Area Book Festival, readers and writers make personal, social discourses heard
The Bay Area Book Festival embodies the communal aspect of literature — its potential to bridge differences and highlight commonalities.
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
A communion of interiorities: At Bay Area Book Festival, readers and writers make personal, social discourses heard
The Bay Area Book Festival embodies the communal aspect of literature — its potential to bridge differences and highlight commonalities.
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
Bay Area Book Festival honors local powerhouse at ‘Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 100: A Tribute’
On March 24 of this year, he turned 100 years old — an event that warranted celebration all around the world, including a birthday party at City Lights.
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
Bay Area Book Festival honors local powerhouse at ‘Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 100: A Tribute’
On March 24 of this year, he turned 100 years old — an event that warranted celebration all around the world, including a birthday party at City Lights.
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
Poets discuss future of artistic queerness at Bay Area Book Festival's ‘Queer Poetics’
"Each poet sitting next to me here is considering queer pasts, writing from the present afterlives of colonial expansion ... and plotting the queer future."
Literature
MAY 09, 2019
Poets discuss future of artistic queerness at Bay Area Book Festival's ‘Queer Poetics’
"Each poet sitting next to me here is considering queer pasts, writing from the present afterlives of colonial expansion ... and plotting the queer future."
Comic Books
APRIL 24, 2019
Debut issue of ‘Fairlady’ is outdated, lackluster story with stellar art
Why does structural sexism still have a place in a story whose concept is innovative enough that it shouldn’t have to rely on tradition in any way, shape or form?
Comic Books
APRIL 24, 2019
Debut issue of ‘Fairlady’ is outdated, lackluster story with stellar art
Why does structural sexism still have a place in a story whose concept is innovative enough that it shouldn’t have to rely on tradition in any way, shape or form?
Visual Art
APRIL 11, 2019
Ana Teresa Fernández: The artist behind the sculptures (and the stilettos)
For her, the most rewarding moments are when spectators of her art come to her with a simple reaction, a show of empathy: “I get it.”
Visual Art
APRIL 11, 2019
Ana Teresa Fernández: The artist behind the sculptures (and the stilettos)
For her, the most rewarding moments are when spectators of her art come to her with a simple reaction, a show of empathy: “I get it.”
Comic Books
APRIL 09, 2019
‘September Mourning: The Complete Collection’ is artful marriage of gothic aesthetic, superhero stakes
Yet, for all of its narrative failures and restrictions, “September Mourning” still maintains an impressive amount of charm. The humor is always on-beat, meshing incredibly well with the overall aesthetic of the story.
Comic Books
APRIL 09, 2019
‘September Mourning: The Complete Collection’ is artful marriage of gothic aesthetic, superhero stakes
Yet, for all of its narrative failures and restrictions, “September Mourning” still maintains an impressive amount of charm. The humor is always on-beat, meshing incredibly well with the overall aesthetic of the story.
