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Arts and Creative
Honoring the Legacy of Lesbian Blues Singers
The work and life stories left behind by lesbian singers Gladys Bentley, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, and Lucille Bogan allow contemporary…
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Campus Life
Day of Remembrance — A Discussion that Needs to be Continued
With Day of Remembrance coming up, UCLA and USC’s NSU clubs have worked towards continuing the conversation surrounding the mass…
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Women’s Erasure from History: A Look at Artemisia Gentileschi
The erasure of her work also prompts us to critically approach what it means to study art and history, knowing…
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Campus Life
100 Years of Protest: Celebrating Activism at UCLA
“I don’t see protest as an event. I see it as a way of thinking. No matter where and how…
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Dialogue and Opinion
His-story Lessons
Locke had relegated a certain role to me, and to have stepped out of this role, even now, was for…
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Influential Women in STEM from Around The World
It’s important to celebrate the achievements of women from across the globe whose lesser-known contributions to science and technology were…
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Cuba in 2016: An Island Frozen in Time
Were it not for my Cuban heritage, I would never have never been able to glimpse Cuba’s present-day reality from…
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Alice Walker: A Black Author, Activist, and Feminist
Alice Walker's adverse experiences forged her into the woman of strong character and conviction who so beautifully championed race and…
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Arts and Creative
Mary Shelley: Beyond “Frankenstein”
Mary Shelley is more than just the author of the immensely popular and well-known novel "Frankenstein," which inspired the creation…
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Harriet Jacobs: An Underrated Black Feminist
Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African American woman born into slavery in North Carolina. Jacobs worked under various masters but…
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