BERKELEY'S NEWS • SEPTEMBER 22, 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.
Concerts
APRIL 01, 2019
The Antlers get nostalgic, revive old vibe at sold-out Great American Music Hall show
There was nothing new about what the Antlers showcased at the Great American Music Hall on Friday night. Of course, that’s exactly what the band was going for.
Concerts
APRIL 01, 2019
The Antlers get nostalgic, revive old vibe at sold-out Great American Music Hall show
There was nothing new about what the Antlers showcased at the Great American Music Hall on Friday night. Of course, that’s exactly what the band was going for.
Culture Shot
MARCH 22, 2019
New sensei on the block: ‘Mob Psycho 100’ and the rise of Reigen Arataka
Indeed, per the show’s internal moral compass, Reigen is exemplary. Despite being powerless, his overwhelming charisma and emotional intelligence have allowed him to save Mob multiple times.
Culture Shot
MARCH 22, 2019
New sensei on the block: ‘Mob Psycho 100’ and the rise of Reigen Arataka
Indeed, per the show’s internal moral compass, Reigen is exemplary. Despite being powerless, his overwhelming charisma and emotional intelligence have allowed him to save Mob multiple times.
Literature
JANUARY 24, 2019
Satirical college novel 'Sourpuss' doesn’t quite live up to its promise
Even though there isn’t anyone to truly root for, the novel at least succeeds in ensuring that everyone, while perhaps not always developed enough to have clear motivations, at least has a clear purpose within the almost 300 pages that is “Sourpuss.”
Literature
JANUARY 24, 2019
Satirical college novel 'Sourpuss' doesn’t quite live up to its promise
Even though there isn’t anyone to truly root for, the novel at least succeeds in ensuring that everyone, while perhaps not always developed enough to have clear motivations, at least has a clear purpose within the almost 300 pages that is “Sourpuss.”
Theater
DECEMBER 09, 2018
‘In Our Bones’ reimagines Gertrude Stein’s legacy, flaws and all
This is precisely one of the questions the play grapples with: how did Stein and Toklas, a pair of Jewish lesbians, survive in World War II France while so many did not?
Theater
DECEMBER 09, 2018
‘In Our Bones’ reimagines Gertrude Stein’s legacy, flaws and all
This is precisely one of the questions the play grapples with: how did Stein and Toklas, a pair of Jewish lesbians, survive in World War II France while so many did not?
Columns
DECEMBER 06, 2018
All art is quite useful
When I think about the timeline of my writing career, I draw blanks instead of all the memories that should have cemented in my mind the fact that I am a writer. And yet, I still don’t feel like a writer. But I’m always writing. I’m writing right now.
Columns
DECEMBER 06, 2018
All art is quite useful
When I think about the timeline of my writing career, I draw blanks instead of all the memories that should have cemented in my mind the fact that I am a writer. And yet, I still don’t feel like a writer. But I’m always writing. I’m writing right now.
Portfolio
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Inland: A poem
We do not have skyscrapers looming over us like gods to worship,
nor the persistent honk and vroom of cluttered morning traffic,
a cacophony of people in a rush to get somewhere and do something
Portfolio
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Inland: A poem
We do not have skyscrapers looming over us like gods to worship,
nor the persistent honk and vroom of cluttered morning traffic,
a cacophony of people in a rush to get somewhere and do something
Columns
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Artist, interrupted
Life is really funny: I watched “Girl, Interrupted” for the first time just a few weeks before I landed myself in a psychiatric ward a month and a half ago.
Columns
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Artist, interrupted
Life is really funny: I watched “Girl, Interrupted” for the first time just a few weeks before I landed myself in a psychiatric ward a month and a half ago.
Columns
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
Music to my years
I get nervous when people ask me what music I listen to. How do you say, “Literally anything,” without sounding like you’re just a casual listener, especially when I’m anything but casual when it comes to music?
Columns
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
Music to my years
I get nervous when people ask me what music I listen to. How do you say, “Literally anything,” without sounding like you’re just a casual listener, especially when I’m anything but casual when it comes to music?
Columns
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Portuguese daydreams
I was sitting in Portuguese 103 one dreary winter day last semester when it occurred to me — and this thought was not in English, but in the Portuguese-Spanish cocktail pseudo-dialect known as “Portunhol” — that I was, in that moment, a visitor to the Portuguese language.
Columns
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Portuguese daydreams
I was sitting in Portuguese 103 one dreary winter day last semester when it occurred to me — and this thought was not in English, but in the Portuguese-Spanish cocktail pseudo-dialect known as “Portunhol” — that I was, in that moment, a visitor to the Portuguese language.
