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Opinion pieces, columns, and staff editorials

The Mills gay agenda

Mills College is gay, and that is its greatest strength — not a problem to be solved, as a recent letter by members of the…

Staff Editorial: Why Mills matters

A trip to the Mills ceramics studio will reveal a poster hung above the sink in neon ink-stamped letters. It proclaims: “We are creating and…

On bipolar disorder, shame, and self-forgiveness

I have bipolar disorder, but my most difficult moments haven’t been defined by my mood swings. The biological experience of deep depressions and euphoric manias…

Growth by doing: A summer at Akeela

Earlier this summer I made a fateful decision, based on a feeling more than anything else, to spend two months working as a counselor and…