In The News: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
Some people describe a police dog’s bite as a deep tear through their flesh. Others are haunted by the feeling of a Vise-Grip, the dog's jaws slowly but painfully tightening around their arms or legs until the muscles go numb.
The historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar.
The historic Pasadena Playhouse is empty. No ticket holders gossiping and rubbing elbows in the Spanish revival-style courtyard. No line at the bar.
An Alabama man killed by a K-9 officer was one of thousands of Americans bitten by police dogs every year. Few ever get justice.
The tiny pink house was pretty much empty. Nevertheless, someone was trying to burglarize it, a caller told 911 well after midnight on a Sunday in Montgomery, Alabama.
When Bella Thorne joined OnlyFans and crashed the site in August, it was the least surprising thing to happen on the platform. OnlyFans had been aimed toward a moment like Thorne’s for a while; similarly, the adult industry had been heading for a moment like the rise of OnlyFans for years.
As an expression of performance poetry, spoken word forms a singular link between poetry and theatre. So it is fitting that spoken-word artist Javon Johnson’s one-man show “Still.” is helping launch Pasadena Playhouse’s PlayhouseLive, a streaming platform.
Party City is pulling Confederate-themed Halloween costumes after a mother and her two Black children discovered them in a Virginia store.
2020 will always be known as the year of the pandemic but one day it could be known as the year of change.
Studies show violence, oppression, and police brutality have impacted the Black community at a disproportionate rate when compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. One way that Black people have learned to fight back is by coming together and using one single voice to demand change.
Mark Padoongpatt ’11, a professor of Asian American studies, turned his Ph.D. thesis into a book on Thai immigrants that landed him air time on the Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.
Undressed. A new erotic platform where the power lies with the practitioners is gaining ground. The business model will revolutionize the sex industry, it sounds. Has porn become progressive?