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April 2020 Web Issue

Arts & Culture

Experiencing Silke Otto-Knapp’s Dusky, Luminous Paintings

April 24, 2020

Dance, memory, and liminal spaces on view at the Renaissance Society.

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Tinder in the Time of COVID-19

April 16, 2020

Not even a quarantine can stop the boys of Tinder.

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Notes On A Rabbit Stein, The Best Clickbait, My Kitchen Stove

April 16, 2020

Looking at things feels different now than it did before.

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SAIC

SAIC Beat S03E03 – Two Lies & A Truth: Vincent Elliott

May 16, 2020

What do Ai Weiwei, the 1988 Olympics, and pineapple pizza all have in common?

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“It’s Heartbreaking”: COVID Forces International Grads to Change Plans

May 11, 2020

Floundering economy, Trump's hostility make remaining in the U.S. difficult

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Student Voices: What Does “Decolonization” Really Mean?

May 5, 2020

We can't erase the past, but we can improve upon it.

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News

Protests Against Police Violence Raise Stakes — and Bridges

June 1, 2020

A weekend of charged protests, in photos.

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A Short Guide to Surviving Tear Gas

May 23, 2020

A brief history of this "less-lethal" weapon and tool for suppression.

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How a Chicago Attorney Exposed Decades of Police-Mandated Torture

May 14, 2020

A conversation with Flint Taylor about his book, The Torture Machine.

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Entertainment

An Interview With Tiger King’s Saff Saffery

May 14, 2020

Talking tigers, trans identity, and what's next.

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Where Did Dalgona Coffee Come From? Not from TikTok

May 10, 2020

The whipped coffee fad has a history of class, race, and creature comforts.

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Real Big Cats of Oklahoma: The Viral Charm of Tiger King

April 16, 2020

How Netflix is breeding the true crime documentary with reality TV.

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Lit

Capsule Reviews

May 29, 2020

Book reports from quarantine: Installment #3.

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Capsule Reviews

May 22, 2020

Book reports from quarantine: Installment #2.

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“Gesundheit!” — Of Blessings and Friendships and Sex

May 21, 2020

On a chapbook of queer poems co-written by Chen Chen and Sam Herschel Wein

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Comics

Viva Floyd

June 2, 2020

El Machete by Eric J. Garcia.

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The Black Community

May 28, 2020

El Machete by Eric J. Garcia.

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A Social Distancing PSA from Bad Parable

May 27, 2020

A reminder to practice social distancing, from our friends in Bad Parable by Teddie Bernard....

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