Tristan Espinoza

1 month ago | columbiaspectator.com | Tristan Espinoza |George Michael

What initially started as a way to cope with my trauma and scrapbook my wildest nights in New York City—filled with friends, terrible first dates, and too many hookups to name—soon became the lifeline I needed to mask my own pain. While I used this opportunity to rebuild the foundation of my identity, I still didn’t know the meaning of love—or, more importantly, how to show it to myself.

Aug 9, 2024 | osagenews.org | Tristan Espinoza

Read While Listening To: Why Can’t We Live Together by Timmy Thomas The first line of the Osage Nation Constitution reads, “We the Wah-zha-zhe, known as the Osage People, having formed as Clans in the far distant past, have been a People and as a People have walked this earth and enjoyed the blessings of Wah-kon-tah for more centuries than we truly know.” From the very beginning of our tribe’s sovereignty, our government emphasized language like this to highlight not only are we people first...

Mar 25, 2024 | osagenews.org | Tristan Espinoza

Read While Listening To: 16 CARRIAGES by BeyoncéSomething’s been pulling me back toward Oklahoma. No matter where I go, from Paris to Milan, I can’t shake the feeling from beneath my boots that I’m supposed to be headed West. I know that I’m not running from my inevitable future in Pawhuska. But I sense a form of a responsibility from deep within my bones that’s hard to describe, almost like a drug that never fades.

Mar 20, 2024 | thebeaverlse.co.uk | Tristan Espinoza

By Tristan Joseph EspinozaRead While Listening To: Prisoner of Love (Lawrence Hart Remix) by NZCA LINESDear Tristan,How do I search for love when my own immediate future is uncertain? Is it appropriate to? Does “the one” even exist? Earnestly,Anxious LoverDear Lover,I’m writing to you from the upstairs bar at Berlin’s Soho House while I sip on a cosmo that tastes almost too sweet to be true.

Feb 16, 2024 | osagenews.org | Tristan Espinoza

Read While Listening To: “How Long” by Marx CassityIn 1983, Buffy Sainte-Marie made history with her Oscar win for Best Original Song as the first Indigenous person to ever be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It then took thirty-seven years for an Indigenous person to ever receive the coveted prize again with Taika Waititi’s win in 2020 for Best Adapted Screenplay.