Learning To Say Feminist
Feminism provides a human cause for equality and justice to unite behind, because the personal is political, and because our lives should never be subject to debate.
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The Art of Recognition
Alex Aradas, an undergraduate student raised in the American South, uses photography to understand and capture the diverse Queer experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community in her region. These are a few selections from a larger series entitled The Art of Recognition.
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March Early and Often
Community is a powerful product of youth activism, as well as a motivator for continued engagement.
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The Future I Asked For
A new administration has taken power in the United States. They are challenging every freedom that the US stood for. We are more divided than ever before. The American people truly cannot fathom what the “other” is thinking.
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Queering Curation: Art, Film, and the Politics of Recognition
Webinar on the joys, challenges, and responsibilities of curating queerness in art and film in Sweden and the U.S. South.
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Nightmare at the Museum: Trauma Inducing Curation
In the pretext of offering a mesmerizing experience, museums often end up distorting the history of the objects they curate, justifying colonial plunders and absolving those behind them.
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Blackness is My Locus, Not What I Do
How does one transform poetry into an act of rebellion against the mundane? Xandria Phillips discusses their creative process and exploration of history, loss, and abundance. Among other accolades, they have been awarded the Whiting Award (2021) and Lambda Literary Award (2020).
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Black Lives and Experiences – From USA to Norway
“Please, I can’t breathe,” said 46-year-old George Floyd before becoming unconscious. Floyd died of asphyxiation during an arrest in Minneapolis in May. His family ordered two independent autopsy reports. They did not trust the report from the authorities, which stated that he did not die from asphyxiation but a combination of pre-existing health conditions and
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Can Joe Biden Reverse the Dwindling Trend in Democracy and Freedom?
The pandemic has pushed iconic democracies like the US and India too. It has tested the strengths of their democratic institutes and pluralism, as reports have suggested rising social xenophobia (sometimes backed by ruling party men) against minorities, racism and rise of conspiracy theories in partisan line. It is not new news that worldwide, freedom
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Long Waits by Design: Early Voting Suppression in 2020
I waited in line for three hours to vote because I can afford to take time off to exercise my civic duty. For those with class privilege, in-person voting is, at worst, an inconvenience. The intentionally crafted obstacles to vote in person have made the practice challenging if not widely inaccessible to those without
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The American Election: Past, Present & Future
The voting has already started in many states, and millions of people have already voted by mail or by in-person early. And, the state administration and voting rights advocates continue to fight over voting access, acceptance, and counting. With a large amount of mail-in voting, it is very likely that the outcome of the election
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