From WTF to illumination: July Tarotscope for the Collective

Posted by Dawn Frary | Jul 6, 2020

WTF?? That’s the impetus for this month’s tarotscope. It conveys frustration, exhaustion, and...

Tarotscope: A Time of Unlearning

Posted by Dawn Frary | Jun 17, 2020

As a heteronormative, cisgender, white woman of European and English descent, who has lived a life...

Iowa Freedom Riders: Beyond the spray paint and marching

Posted by Mandi Nichols | Jun 10, 2020

Four nights of spray-painting and road-blocking throughout Iowa City, by a group now known as the...

UIHC staff nurse: We can say ‘protest better,’ or we can be better

Posted by Eric Kusiak | Jun 7, 2020

Eric Kusiak, staff nurse at UIHC Not what I expected when I came into work at the hospital...

Tarotscope: Total Eclipse of the Heart

Posted by Dawn Frary | Jun 2, 2020

The Cards: Queen of Cups, Five of Swords, Four of Coins The Deck: Spolia Tarot Just when we...

Approaching death: a different look

Posted by Dawn Frary | May 20, 2020

Today, modern American society tries to bury death. Many go to great lengths to avoid discussing death, or even acknowledging it. As though not talking about it will prevent it from happening.

Tarotscope: Coming Together to Let Go

Posted by Dawn Frary | May 18, 2020

The preceding weeks and months have been confusing, uncertain, and scary…. . As we begin the process of emerging from this darkness, we must find ways to orient ourselves.