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Sewing Dissent with Textile Artist Diana Weymar
The words, stitched in black, glare out from the center of a handkerchief, decorated with a motif of pink…
How Trump Uses Fear Of Immigrants To Stoke Civil War
In Minnesota, officers smashed a car window and dragged the undocumented worker out. The ICE raids to deport some…
At first glance, the Novotny-Clissold family, protagonists of Julie E. Justicz’s Degrees of Difficulty, seem pretty garden variety: white…
Trump Goes To Hades as Theater for the New City Takes to the Streets
During the 1970s, Theater for the New City played a crucial role in Off-Off-Broadway’s emergence, revolutionizing New York City…
Director Stéphane Brizé Depicts Class Struggle With Dark Realism in ‘At War’
Few films portray working people realistically. One thinks of rare movies such as Hollywood’s Norma Rae, the independent Salt…
Annie Ernaux’s Autobiographical Novel Offers a Warning to Supporters of Women’s Rights
When French feminist Annie Ernaux was a 23-year-old student at Rouen University, she faced an unplanned and undesired pregnancy.…
In ‘The End of the Myth,’ Greg Grandin Explores America’s Inner War From Its Outer Edges
As indicated by its title, historian Greg Grandin’s The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border…
Diaper Change, Climate Change: Reflections on Parenting in an Era of Global Warming
Just as I took off his diaper, my son shit again. It happens. But he focused and pumped out…
After An Uprising: New Exhibition Highlights Queer Art Post-Stonewall
“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” now showing at the Brooklyn Museum, seems like a direct…