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In September 2022, Erin Reed (@erininthemorn) was profoundly moved while listening to teacher Dawn Riggs passionately testify in front of the Ohio Board of Education against a policy that would require teachers to out their transgender students. Watching Riggs so fervently defend the rights of her students, it occurred to Reed that these testimonies often …
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Laura Poitras’ Oscar-nominated documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is now on HBO Max, and it’s a must-see portrait of the radical bond between art and activism. The film, which debuted on Sunday, focuses on the life and work of photographer Nan Goldin. But it begins with a scene at the Metropolitan Museum of …
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Getty Image It goes without saying that being Black in the 1960s was not easy, and often led to fatal results for those who were outspoken. In a recently declassified FBI file on the late Aretha Franklin, it was revealed that she was extensively tracked by the bureau for her civil rights activism and close …
After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a TikToker says that her Instagram timeline is filled with “activism” posts about the decision. Commenters on her video discussed the usefulness of posting and reposting on Instagram about abortion rights. “Casually tapping through activism …
Republicans say they love freedom of speech, but some freedoms they like more than others. They’ll ban books, even set them on fire (prompting a creative response from The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood). Then there’s the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibits the mention of LGBTQIA+ issues in early grades. Indeed, when one …
