Writer Rayne Fisher Quann tackles the facade of feminism in the modern punk and indie scene.
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Activism
Half-Moons and Black Lives
“Black lives matter rolls off of my tongue, as smooth as silk. In my mind, the mantra applies to all Black lives except my own.”
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Don’t Call Her an Activist: In conversation with Livia Rose Johnson
Story Editor Zoe Allen interviews Livia Rose Johnson, a co-founder and leader of the powerful advocacy collective Warriors in the Garden.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Dismantling Racism
Writer Kimberlean Donis compiles her Beginner’s Guide to Anti-Racism, including classic and modern books, films, and podcasts.
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Thou Shall Not Kill: A Review of “Incitement”
Editor-In-Chief Remi Riordan reviews “Incitement,” a film that takes a look at the true story of the years leading up to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination and the radicalization of young university students including Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir.
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The Quiet and Powerful Mundanity of “The Assistant”
“The Assistant” is very clearly a film referencing the #metoo movement within the film industry. It is a film that tries to shut down the question that sexual abuse apologists and deniers have used for so long—why didn’t she say anything?
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Birth Control Diaries No. 4
Story Editor Zoe Allen and Writer Irine Le interview two college students about their experiences with birth control for the fourth installment of the Birth Control Diaries.
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Under Her Spell: In Conversation with Raveena
Zoe Yu Gilligan interviews Crybaby’s Obsession Issue cover star, Raveena Aurora on her album “Lucid,” being an Asian-American women in music, healing and spirituality, her creative process, love as a verb, and of course, obsession. Photographed by Dana Trippe.
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Story Editor Zoe Allen and Writer Irine Le interview two college students about their experiences with birth control for the third installment of the Birth Control Diaries.
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Revisiting “Paris is Burning”
Story by Zoe Yu Gilligan In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Film Forum in New York City and Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles have been screening Jennie Livingston’s “Paris is Burning”, a 1990 landmark documentary about the city’s “Golden Age” of ball culture in its last years. It won the…
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