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This Political Crafter Inspires Activists With Her Protest Banner Lending Library
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(Feminism)
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Aram Han Sifuentes [far right] sewing at her Protest Banner Lending Library installation at the Chicago Cultural Center
Aram Han Sifuentes’ Protest Banner Lending Library began in 2016 out of a desire ...
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Created on 23 January 2023
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Lizzo’s “SNL” Performance Brilliantly Recreates Painting By Artist Annie Lee
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(TV)
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... feature women at the forefront; the artist told the Chicago Tribune in 1997, “I think my paintings connect me to women. I know that how I feel is the way a lot of women feel.” This quote, in the context ...
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Created on 19 December 2022
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BUST’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
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(Sponsored)
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... illustrations of artist Jason DeAntonis.
THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE
Nothing says Chic(ago) like the print edition of this iconic style guide. Leaf through 1,146 pages of smart, sensible guidance ...
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Created on 22 November 2022
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BUST's Perfect Fall Playlist is Here: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Big Joanie, and Other New Music to Listen To Right Now ...
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(Music)
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... the Chicago singer/songwriter draws us in through streams of consciousness, gentleness, mosh-worthy riffs, and an elegant desecration of the world’s decided stage. The final work of a trilogy, Furman calls ...
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Created on 11 November 2022
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Beth Orton Returns with her Most Revealing Album Yet
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(Music)
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... NOV 6 2022 / Somerville, MA / Crystal Ballroom NOV 7 2022 / Montreal, QUE / Le Studio TD NOV 8 2022 / Toronto, ONT / The Great Hall NOV 10 2022 / Chicago, IL / The Mayfield NOV 11 2022 / Milwaukee, WI ...
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Created on 02 November 2022
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1960s Chicago Abortion Activists "The Jane Collective" Inspires New Movie, "Call Jane" Starring Elizabeth Banks ...
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(Feminism)
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... women’s reproductive rights? Well, it turns out that women in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 70's faced the same dilemma, and they created a person (or rather, group) that you could call- the Jane ...
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Created on 20 September 2022
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Hillary Clinton's New Podcast "Gutsy" Profiles Women Who Inspire: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Fa
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(Living)
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... also contains a selection of essays and contributions from various artists, art critics, and curators, including Judy Chicago and New York Times reporter Melena Ryzik. Get your art on at dragopublisher.com. ...
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Created on 07 September 2022
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It's On Like Chaka Khan! Test Your Knowledge Of The R&B Star With This Qui
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(Music)
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... always talkin’ about Chaka? Then take the quiz!
1. Chaka was born on March 23, 1953, in ___________.
a. Brooklyn, NY
b. Ventura, CA
c. Chicago, IL
d. Gary, IN
2. Which of ...
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Created on 11 August 2022
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10 Protest Songs About Reproductive Health To Add To Your Feminist, Pro-Choice Playlist
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(Music)
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... Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band
Even before Roe v. Wade, female-led rock groups like the Chicago and New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands were building a foundation for future rioters who would ...
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Created on 20 July 2022
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3 Intriguing New Novels By Women Tackle Family Secrets and Childhood Trauma: Reviews
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(Books)
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... –Samantha Ladwig
Last Summer on State Street: A Novel
By Toya Wolfe
(William Morrow)
Toya Wolfe’s debut novel is set in a place that she knows well: the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago. The author, ...
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Created on 30 June 2022
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SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade; Here's Where to Protest Tonight and Tomorro
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(Feminism)
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... pm East steps of the Capital, 227 Capital Ave SW
Austin
5:00 pm US Courthouse Plaza 501 West 5th
Boston
5:00 pm Park Street T Stop
6:00 pm Copley Square
Chicago
5:00 pm Federal Plaza 219 ...
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Created on 24 June 2022
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From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
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(Entertainment)
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... him, and the rest is history. “We’re buddies,” Hill explains. They also lived together with their Somebody Somewhere costar Jeff Hiller while filming season one, which shot in the suburbs outside of Chicago. ...
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Created on 16 June 2022
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Issa Rae and Jenny Slate Are Back With Brand New Projects: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Summer
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(Entertainment)
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... of archival footage and rare interviews, the film—co-directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes—features a group of heroic women who started an underground organization in Chicago in the late ‘60s to help ...
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Created on 02 June 2022
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Chicago Rapper Noname's Book Club And Radical Hood Library Are Dedicated To Uplifting BIPOC Voices And Educating The Incarcerated ...
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(Books)
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... after Chicago rapper Noname, now 30, tweeted, “Tryna see something: Retweet this if you would be a member of Noname’s Book Club.” After receiving over 5,000 retweets, she saw it was a project people would ...
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Created on 19 May 2022
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This Virtual Film Series Featuring 9 Films On The History of Reproductive Rights In The US, Is Free All Month
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(Feminism)
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... taking abortion into their hands as “Jane”, the Chicago-based women’s health group that performed 12,000 safe illegal abortions without any medical training. ABORTION HELPLINE: THIS IS LISA, by Barbara ...
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Created on 12 May 2022
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We're Mobilizing: Support Abortion Rights This Saturday in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and D.C
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(Living)
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... “anchor marches” will be taking place in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
Saturday, May 14th, wear green, mobilize, and tell everyone you know.
RSVP Now.
Photo courtesy of NYC Mass ...
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Created on 11 May 2022
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A Little History On How The Blue-Haired Old Lady Trope Came To Be
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(Feminism)
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... it an unnatural tint,” warned the Chicago Tribune in 1910.
“Unnatural” was exactly what Antoine was going for. “I am a generous man,” he told The New York Times in 1958. “So, I added 150 drops of bluing. ...
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Created on 05 April 2022
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Madison Butler Disrupts Gender Pay Inequity For Black Women, With Her Black Speaker Collection, a Database Full of Voices That Need To Be Heard
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(Feminism)
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... Grogger, a professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, a person’s accent may have something to do with it. In his paper, Grogger explains what he calls the “sorting model,” which ...
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Created on 25 March 2022
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The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, is the Perfect Way to Refresh and Reset—And Also a Great Excuse to Stuff Your Face with Amazing Food (Family Recipe Included!)
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(Living)
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... I trek from Chicago to California to celebrate the holiday with my family. The moment I set foot into my parent’s home, I’m overwhelmed with the smells of Nowruz: hyacinth flowers, wheatgrass, and rosewater ...
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Created on 18 March 2022
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All-Female Law Firm The Decarceration Collective, Is Fighting To Free The Unjustly Imprisoned of Chicago
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(Feminism)
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... impacts communities of color, and Chicago-based defense attorney MiAngel Cody is passionate about freeing non-violent drug offenders trapped in the criminal justice system as a result. That’s why she founded ...
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Created on 21 February 2022