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Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor

Sofia is a senior going into her second year at The Beacon. A future ethnobotanist and art school dropout, she is now the co-magazine editor. When she’s not advocating for the dismantling of Exxon, to save our beautiful planet, she can be found in the library.

All content by Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger

Protestas y gobiernos del mundo hispano

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor January 31, 2020

Bolivia: Después de la instalación de un nuevo gobierno ultraconservador en Bolivia, la estatua del antiguo presidente, Evo Morales, se ha retirado por todas partes del país. Jeanine Añez, quien se...

Graphic by Sarah Morgan

Accountability doesn’t end with an apology

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor December 22, 2019

In the wake of the ‘#MeToo’ and ‘#TimesUp’ movements, we’ve been subjected to a wide array of ridiculous apologies, most of them from men under a spotlight. They’re wordy, loaded with mentions...

Pachuquismo: Una forma de expresión cultural 

Pachuquismo: Una forma de expresión cultural 

Camelia Terraza and Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger December 21, 2019

En los tiempos de la segunda guerra mundial y los que siguieron, los gobiernos de los Estados Unidos y México llegaron a varios acuerdos laborales que prometían trabajo pagado, seguridad, y elementos...

The Goldfinch is both terrible and excellent

“The Goldfinch” is both terrible and excellent

Zara Hall and Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger November 18, 2019

On Thursday September 19, just five days after the premiere of "The Goldfinch," based off of Donna Tartt’s pulitzer prize winning novel, there were exactly seven people watching it in the Georgetown...

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We’re paying attention to the wrong aspect of the Area 51 raid

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor September 8, 2019

In the past weeks, we’ve seen a veritable flood of media coverage surrounding the ever-mysterious Area 51, the heavily guarded USAF base in rural Nevada, which has long been rumored to be the site of...

Graphic by Pia Doran

Toni Morrison is a Wilson icon

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor September 7, 2019

Every one of Toni Morrison’s works is a powerhouse. Whether you began with “The Bluest Eye” in freshman year, or sought her out on your own, every book, every essay, every poem, is a transformative...

Remembering Toni Morrison and her impact on Wilson

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor August 30, 2019

Every one of Toni Morrison’s works was a powerhouse. Whether you began with “The Bluest Eye” in freshman year, or sought her out on your own, every book, every essay, every poem, was a transformative...

Women’s emotions are limited to suffering in art

Women’s emotions are limited to suffering in art

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor July 22, 2019

“I am awake in the place where women die,” reads the black ink on skin, written and photographed by Jenny Holzer. “I am out with lanterns, looking for myself,” says Emily Dickinson, in her deepest...

La complejidad de las elecciones postfranquistas

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor June 11, 2019

La situación española se compara frecuentemente con la política alemana o italiana, debido a situaciones relativamente comparables durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando los tres países eran controlados...

Graphic by Shirah Lister

Instagram facilitates harassment

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor June 10, 2019

It’s a routine enough experience: you give a coworker or a classmate your Instagram handle. He follows you, and starts to like your pictures. He goes back weeks, maybe even a year. Any picture of you...

Illustration by Sofia Uriagereka Herburger

Activism isn’t for everyone

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor May 6, 2019

You can count on seeing it after every nationally publicized protest, either on Buzzfeed or Teen Vogue, any news site built around captivating the attention of teens. It could be a collection of quirky...

College and the military shouldnt be the only options after high school

College and the military shouldn’t be the only options after high school

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor May 5, 2019

College has been set as the default option after graduating high school for many years.  The other common route, the military, is far from a better option. We’re not meant to bat an eye to the astronomical...

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Mythbusting rumored pizza-mob connections in Adams Morgan

It’s a well-known and widely accepted fact that jumbo slice pizza is an 18th Street specialty. There’s a total of three (four, if you count the cross street) jumbo slice restaurants. Jumbo slice is...

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DC teens explore local job market

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor March 31, 2019

We all know that sometimes DC plays by different rules, and the youth workforce is one of the clearest examples of it. In DC, it can be hard for teens to find employment, with many establishments having...

March Albums of the Month

March Albums of the Month

"Shelby" by Lil Skies Anna Gustafson Rating: 9/10 Rocketing to the top spots on many U.S. Billboard charts, Lil Skies’ second studio album, “Shelby,” confirms his rise as an ambitious young...

Photo curtesy of @birdgraveyard

Lime: the intersection of death and transportation inequality

Ava Ahmann and Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger January 27, 2019

In Dupont Circle, a child’s scooter is propped against a streetlamp, with a sign against it that reads: “A person on a scooter died here 9-21-18.” Twenty-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Martin was involved...

Sharp Objects reveals where women keep their pain

“Sharp Objects” reveals where women keep their pain

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor January 27, 2019

In Gillian Flynn's debut novel, evil, as well as the stifling places where the midwest and the south intersect, is more clearly showcased than perhaps ever before. Camille Preaker, a thirty-something journalist,...

Drawing by Virginia Suardi

We Are Teaching Women To Abandon Each Other

Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Magazine Editor January 16, 2019

Last Saturday, I was on the train, inadvertently eavesdropping on the two women in front of me. They were discussing the accusations of rape against internationally famous soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo....

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