Arts & Culture
SASA culture show features range of student performances
By Aalia Jagwani | March 12SASA’s annual culture show features a diverse range of student performances.
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becoming a bad feminist [A&C]
By Aalia Jagwani | February 23In the very first episode of Fleabag, a beloved comedy-drama, the titular character and her sister Claire attend a feminist lecture together, in which the speaker asks the audience: “Please raise your hands if you would trade five years of your life for the so-called ‘perfect body.’” The rest ...
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How Yin Q is ‘digging deeper’ into kink, consent, community
By Aalia Jagwani | February 23The American Studies department’s Spring 2023 Asian American Artist in Residence Yin Q wants to use their position to open the discussion around kinks and consent.
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Exploring ‘bigger worlds’: 5 powerful reads for Black History Month
By Aalia Jagwani | February 16Toni Morrison, Nella Larsen and Raven Leilani are key authors to read for Black History Month.
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becoming other people [A&C]
By Aalia Jagwani | November 17Coming into college, I expected my education to be intellectually demanding, but I was not prepared for it to be, to an equal extent, emotionally stimulating. In my first semester, I took a comparative literature class with Professor Arnold Weinstein. Learning about Freudian complexes and literary traditions, ...
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Six performances, exhibits to check out in Providence this month
By Aalia Jagwani | November 15Between modern takes on classic plays and exhibits centering Black and Indigenous voices, the Providence arts scene has a busy month ahead. The Herald has compiled a list of events bringing arts and culture to the heart of the Ocean State in the coming weeks.
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Shameless marketing undercuts Taylor Swift’s inspired lyrics on ‘Midnights’
By Aalia Jagwani | October 26At the end of August, Taylor Swift announced her 10th studio album in an Instagram post and invited her fans to “meet her at midnight” on Oct. 21. “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night,” ...
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Gaia’s mural reminds Providence that Indigenous community is ‘Still Here’
By Aalia Jagwani | October 25Down College Hill and across the Providence River stands a large brick wall, home to a mural that has become an integral part of Downtown Providence. The mural depicts a contemporary Narragansett woman holding a portrait of her tribal elder, surrounded by vivid and deeply symbolic imagery of native ...
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14th annual SENE Film Festival features diverse independent short films
By Aalia Jagwani | October 17Filmmakers and enthusiasts gathered in Cranston from Oct. 13 to 15 for the 14th annual Southeast New England Film Festival, which featured several series of short films in varying genres, including comedy and horror shorts, an LGBTQ series and two film series focused on New England. Founders ...
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Latin American literary traditions through time
By Aalia Jagwani | October 6Throughout the history of Latin America, writers have challenged notions of a white-dominated literary canon by leaving an undeniable mark on literature in their home countries and across the world. Take Gabriel García Márquez, for example, who “deeply influenced” the British-Indian Salman ...
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