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Category: Gender & Race

Feature

Menstrual Equity advances in prisons while other initiatives wait for another legislative session

Chicago Talks, March 20, 2022March 21, 2022

Maureen Keane, co-founder of She Votes Illinois, announced last Wednesday that a menstrual equity bill…

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Events

5 ways to celebrate Women’s History Month

Chicago Talks, March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

Today marks International Women’s Day, and every year, March represents Women’s History Month. The theme…

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Arts & Culture

Sister co-founders put the ‘ISH’ in WOMANISH exhibit

Chicago Talks, December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Stepping onto the boldly printed tile floor, looking up to nothing but the iridescence of…

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Gender & Race

Queer Kickboxing Club still thriving despite pandemic smackdown

Chicago Talks, November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Upon moving to Uptown, G Silverstein-Tapp quickly realized the neighborhood’s dire lack of businesses and…

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Gender & Race

Opinion: cancel culture shows society that certain behaviors can no longer be tolerated

Chicago Talks, October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

In a time that seems like forever ago, if someone of importance in our society…

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2020 Election

Op-Ed: How diversity and language will change justice 

Chicago Talks, May 19, 2020

Judicial seats are not high on the list of closely watched campaigns. They don’t drive…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: Youth 4 Black Lives leader Yasmine Tarr 

Chicago Talks, April 16, 2020October 22, 2020

Yasmine Tarr may only be 16 years old, but the issues she addresses as a…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: El Rescate Director Zenaida Lopez 

Chicago Talks, April 9, 2020October 22, 2020

Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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