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"That certainly doesn’t describe a day of civic duty in modern times. Sloan’s painting, however, hums with modernity. The elevated trains in the background had been open to the public for less than 40 years."
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‘Where once women refused, en masse, to keep men’s secrets, or to remain silent about the truth of their own lives, now, a resurgence of sexism, virulent online harassment, and the threat of lawsuits, all aim to compel women back into _...Read More_
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Revisiting the history of China’s first gay bar The Half and Half that served as a stable social space for identity exploration and community formation—as well as a site of _...Read More_
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>"Traditional Tories and working-class converts agree on culture but little else"
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propaganda isn’t the only intended effect. It’s unrealistic to expect a successful movement to present itself as unified but is instead presented by a variety of movements indirectly inspired by it. This should not be confused for _...Read More_
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>"It’s too soon to know which images will become emblematic of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, but previous movements have shown the dangers of adhering to a singular narrative."
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>"Members of the national Women of Color Quilters Network draw on personal experiences of injustice, turning their needlework into symbols of liberation, _...Read More_
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