Name: Eleanor Williams
Year: Sophomore
Major: Environmental Studies
Hometown: Lake Oswego, Oregon
If you were a spy, what would be your secret mission and why?
My secret mission would be to infiltrate the fossil fuel industry to either completely destroy them or at least force the switch from fossil fuels to sustainable, renewable resources.
After a bad day, what’s your go-to comfort food?
Every bad day can be solved with a potato and egg burrito from El Super.
Give a brief overview how to be a badass activist and feminist like yourself:
Intersectionality!! It’s so so essential to realize the ways in which socially constructed systems of oppression such as race, gender, class, sexual orientation, etc. affect every issue of social justice. As a white woman, I think it’s important to avoid white feminism that ignores issues and oppression that other women and femmes face every day. I do my best to try to educate my peers who do ignore these issues.
If you were to design a music festival, who would headline and where would it be located?
I think it would be cool to have a music festival in the Yosemite Valley of Yosemite National Park because it’s probably one of the most magical and spiritual places I have ever been to. Naming headliners is hard! To help myself out, I’ll keep it to artists who are still alive and who I would love to see play in a place like Yosemite. I don’t know if I could ever choose just one, but my top seven *laughs* would probably be Rihanna, Kaytranada, Childish Gambino, Anderson.Paak, Nicki Minaj, Thundercat, and NoName.
What’s your favorite book?
This is really hard because I am a huge nerd. I read a lot before college absorbed any free reading time I used to have. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut are two of my favorites.
What are your plans for spring break?
I’ll be working on self-care and recovery after a super stressful term! I will also be doing some reading for fun, calling my representatives, and making some chili.