Rina Rossi has written for The Nation, Harvard Kennedy School Review, Georgetown Public Policy Review, The Latino Book Review, The Daily Californian, Berkeley Political Review, ReVista: The Harvard Review for Latin America and many more publications. She has a forthcoming publication in The Nation.
Academic Publications
“AB 31: How California’s Transphobic Menstrual “Equity” Bill Violates Bostock v. Clay County.” UCLA Undergraduate Law Journal, Volume XXII, pp 117-36, 15 May 2023. https://issuu.com/uclaundergradlawjournal/docs/ucla_ulj_vol_22/120.
“Etruscan Numismatics: The Unique Development of Coinage in Different City-States.” Animus: The UChicago Journal of Classics, 2 June 2022. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67769902/animus-classics-journal-volume-3-issue-1.
“Expressions of the Fury of the Women”: How Andean Women Were Direct Participants in the Great Rebellion.” Madison Historical Review, 16 April 2025. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/mhr/vol22/iss1/7/.
“Landscape Paintings & Portraiture of the ‘Mysterious’ Etruscans: Another Story of Etruscan Erasure.” Animus: The UChicago Journal of Classics, pp. 16-36, 1 April 2023. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67769902/animus-classics-journal-volume-3-issue-1.
Journalism
Author Profile for the Daily Californian
“ADPF 442: Is abortion decriminalization in Brazil in the works?” Journal of Political Inquiry, 23 January 2024. https://jpinyu.com/2024/01/23/adpf-442-is-abortion-decriminalization-in-brazil-in-the-works/.
“Anti-blackness Within Cuban Immigrant Communities: White-Cuban National Hegemony’s Effect on Afro-Cuban Immigrants’ Lives in the United States.” Latino Book Review, 2023 Magazine, July 2023. https://www.latinobookreview.com/magazine-2023.html.
“Australian #MeToo Movement in full force: Sexual abuse survivors protest from the streets of Canberra to the halls of Parliament.” Berkeley Political Review, 18 June 2021. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2021/06/18/australian-metoo-movement-in-full-force-sexual-abuse-survivors-protest-from-the-streets-of-canberra-to-the-halls-of-parliament/.
“Babydoll Dresses and Lingerie Tops’ Comeback: How Another Fashion Trend is Challenging the Patriarchy.” Unpublished Magazine, 25 March 2021. https://www.unpublishedzine.com/activism/babydoll-dresses-and-lingerie-tops-comeback-how-another-fashion-trend-is-challenging-the-patriarchy.
“Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan: What Does This Mean for the American Economy, Jobs, and Investment?.” Business Review at Berkeley, 21 July 2021. https://businessreview.berkeley.edu/bidens-ambitious-climate-plan-what-does-this-mean-for-the-american-economy-jobs-and-investment/.
“Brooklyn’s Antilles Cafe builds community across divides.” Ojalá, 4 September 2025. https://www.ojala.mx/en/ojala-en/brooklyns-antilles-cafe-builds-community-across-divides.
“COVID-19: A Menstrual Health Crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.” Business Review at Berkeley, 19 April 2021. https://businessreview.berkeley.edu/covid-19-a-menstrual-health-crisis-in-sub-saharan-africa/.
“Criminalization of abortion in the Dominican Republic: An archaic, yet persistent disfavor placed on Dominican girls and women.” The Human Perspective, Issue II, 7 November 2021.
“Democracy: a Possible Death Route in Laos.” The Review of Human Rights at Berkeley, 25 March 2021. https://therightsstuff.org/2021/03/25/democracy-a-possible-death-route-in-laos/.
“Environmental activism in Latin America comes with a Deadly Cost.” Berkeley Political Review, 28 March 2021. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2021/03/28/environmental-activism-in-latin-america-comes-with-a-deadly-cost/.
“Following the Green Road of the Marea Verde: Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion.” Berkeley Political Review, 16 April 2022. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2022/04/16/following-the-green-road-of-the-marea-verde-colombia-decriminalizes-abortion/.
“How can Universities Fix Title IX? By Listening to Survivors.” The Nation, 25 September 2023. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/university-title-ix-survivors-allies/.
“Iraqis with Disabilities: The Voting Accessibility Crisis.” Berkeley Political Review, 2 January 2022. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2022/01/02/iraqis-with-disabilities-the-voting-accessibility-crisis/.
“Japanese Menstrual Leave Policy: The Road to Menstrual Equity?.” Berkeley Political Review, 11 November 2021. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2021/11/11/japanese-menstrual-leave-policy-the-road-to-menstrual-equity/.
“Medical Personnel Uninformed about Reproductive Law: How Bolivia’s Neglect for Abortion Rights is Endangering Pregnant Individuals.” Kennedy School Review, 13 July 2023. https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2023/07/13/medical-personnel-uninformed-of-reproductive-law-how-bolivias-neglect-for-abortion-rights-is-endangering-pregnant-individuals/.
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“Strides towards sustainability at Paris Fashion Week.” Unpublished Magazine, 9 August 2021. https://www.unpublishedzine.com/activism-2/strides-towards-sustainability-at-paris-fashion-week.
“Transgender sex workers disproportionately vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.” Berkeley Political Review, 5 June 2021. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2021/06/05/transgender-sex-workers-disproportionately-vulnerable-to-covid-19-pandemic-in-the-dominican-republic/.
“Una isla, un amor y un café en Brooklyn.” Ojalá, 4 September 2025. https://www.ojala.mx/es/ojala-es/una-isla-un-amor-y-un-cafe-en-brooklyn.
“‘Unscientific’: Commission on Education, Science and Technology in Guatemala Unanimously Votes for Anti-Trans Bill.” Berkeley Political Review, 10 March 2022. https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2022/03/10/unscientific-commission-on-education-science-and-technology-in-guatemala-unanimously-votes-for-anti-trans-bill/.
“US Sanctions are Robbing Venezuelans of Basic Human Rights.” Georgetown Public Policy Review, 3 July 2023. https://gppreview.com/2023/07/03/us-sanctions-are-robbing-venezuelans-of-basic-human-rights/.
Opinion Pieces
“Fashion: The Least Fitting Industry.” Caliber Magazine, Issue 21, pp. 12-15. 31 August 2022. https://issuu.com/calibermag/docs/issue21first.
“Girlboss: Successful Young Woman or ‘sexist Trojan horse’?” Caliber Magazine, Issue 21, pp. 106-9. 31 August 2022. https://issuu.com/calibermag/docs/issue21first.
“UC Berkeley must move toward a plant-based future.” The Daily Californian, 19 January 2021. https://www.dailycal.org/2021/01/19/uc-berkeley-must-move-toward-a-plant-based-future/.
“Why Aren’t PMDD and Ovarian Cysts at the Forefront of the Reproductive Health Conversation?.” Unpublished Magazine, 28 May 2021. https://www.unpublishedzine.com/activism-2/why-arent-pmdd-amp-ovarian-cysts-at-the-forefront-of-the-reproductive-health-conversation.
“Your Matcha Isn’t Actually Matcha: The Gentrification & Cultural Appropriation of Japanese Matcha.” Unpublished Magazine, 16 April 2021. https://www.unpublishedzine.com/activism-2/your-matcha-isnt-actually-matcha-the-gentrification-amp-cultural-appropriation-of-japanese-matchanbsp.
Personal Essays
“How Lockdown Taught Me to Love Myself.” Bloom Magazine, 1 February 2021. https://bloommagazine.uk/opinions/how-lockdown-taught-me-to-love-myself.
“Plátanos, manglares y cafecitos: The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico during Hurricane Fiona.” ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, 3 March 2023. https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/platanos-manglares-y-cafecitos-the-dominican-republic-and-puerto-rico-during-hurricane-fiona/
“Solace from the Sunrise.” California Magazine, 17 September 2021. https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/fall-2021/berkeley-undergraduate-writing-contest-mental-health-courage-optimism-family/.
“The Nude Gaze.” Caliber Magazine, Issue 22, pp. 30-5, 31 August 2022. https://issuu.com/calibermag/docs/caliber_issue_22_web_.
RINA ROSSI 