Hi, I’m Jacqui.
I used to write a little bit.
Now I’m in law school, and I don’t do much writing outside of briefs and memos.
If you found this page, that’s kind of an accident. I only keep it around so I can access my clips if needed. But while you’re here, we might as well get to know each other.
My interests include policy, law, history, religion, geography, strategy board games, binge-worthy television, local breweries, international soccer, pseudo-scientific personality tests, and well-written stories of all kinds. I am particularly fond of discussing any or all of the above topics over a cortado.
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Here are some of my favorite things I’ve ever written:
- Jesus in Tyre, Medium
- Big DREAMs. No funding., Arizona Daily Wildcat
- “It feels much more personal than the Church’s previous stance against homosexuality,” Huffington Post
- I know a lot of radical Muslims, Huffington Post
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And here’s everything else:
Politics and Policy
- How the battle over Jeff Sessions reveals a common misunderstanding about racism
- No amount of empathy can sanitize the Trump platform
- We owe minimum wage workers our votes
- Dear friend: Please vote to legalize marijuana
- Have you heard the one about the “nice, young girl” running for office in Missouri?
- Transgender girls need to be protected from predators in the Republican Party
- Why I Am Standing by Hillary
- On Hillary and Bernie
- Rape is rape, even if it happens in prisons
- Obama v. Republicans on the power of optimism
- Better things to print than cartoons of Muhammad
- Arizona prostitution laws tough rather than effective
- Genetically modified food poses no harm to us
- GOP should support ENDA bill
- “Color blind” admissions unfair
- Education regulations ignore lack of funding
- Justice system could use some policing
- Voter ID laws restrict democracy
- Tucson has the right to enact own gun laws
- GOP must learn to dissent like responsible adults
- Students’ voting rights should not be suppressed
Blogs
- 12 reasons the Senate shouldn’t vote to confirm Jeff Sessions
- The 14 columns I would write if this were a normal news cycle
- The Resistance To-Do List (first in a running series)
- 13 quotes that are keeping me going in the age of Trump
- We’ve already lost
- 6 Harry Potter fanfics that should have been the eighth book
- 6 things I’m tired of hearing from young Republicans
Culture and Reviews
- Hey, read this: Democracy is dying
- Hey, read this: Liberals are smug
- Hey, read this: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- On queer space and cyberspace
- A hardcore debate on porn
- Espresso Art, from 1-5 hipsters
- Sparkroot, from 1-5 hipsters
- Caffe Luce, from 1-5 hipsters
- Time Market, from 1-5 hipsters
- Epic Cafe, from 1-5 hipsters
- Cartel Coffee Lab, from 1-5 hipsters
Editorials and other campus news
- Smoke & Mirrors: A one-year review of the UA’s tobacco policy
- All in a name-change policy
- Why you gotta be so Hartless?
- Stop. Increasing. Tuition.
- Two words: Nap center
- Arizona aims low on standards
- University cuts are irresponsible, unfair
- Assault will go unpunished
- Endorsements for statewide elections: No elephant in the room
- Yay or nay: Ballot propositions
- Debate needs unpopular opinions
- Tobacco ban oversteps authority
- Critical language programs need support
Faith
- Reflection for Lent 2022
- Reflection for Advent 2021
- Testimony
- Reflection for Advent 2020
- Lives Bigger Than Those We Would Choose for Ourselves
- Reflection for Easter 2020, Pt. 2
- Reflection for Easter 2020, Pt. 1
- This is not the Lent I planned for
- Reflection for Lent 2020
- Reflection for Advent 2019
- Why I Stay
- On Hope and Despair, One Year Later
Travel
- Cairo, Autumn 2012
- Looking tough in Cairo
- Moroccan culture and somewhat-secret love affairs
- Ramadan in Morocco: Golden hour in the gilded age
- “Insha’allah”: The Definition of Time in Morocco
Poetry
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Jacquelyn Oesterblad 