Symbiosis, Avengers and resistance: some brief meditations on raising hell
Warning: Spoilers ahead. Do not read if you are planning to see Avengers: Age of Ultron. This post comes in the aftermath of the…
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Warning: Spoilers ahead. Do not read if you are planning to see Avengers: Age of Ultron. This post comes in the aftermath of the…
Read MoreAs a graduate student at the University of Michigan, I had to write what was called a “preliminary paper.” This paper had to be…
Read MoreAs some of our readers likely guessed, recently something quite marvelous happened within Allegra – something so special as to nudge us to run…
Read MoreThis Autumn marks the 15th anniversary of the passing of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR 1325) 1325 on “Women, Peace and Security”. The adoption…
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Read MoreAlive to the power of performance, Indigenous artists and communities communicate alternative ways of living on earth. Not better, nor worse, just different. Indigeneity…
Read MoreThis is a story best told by images. Though it requires some words. Extended captions, if you will. On Sunday, March 1, 2015, I…
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Read MoreSitting at an empty table, occasionally sipping from a large white cup, the Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to be enjoying himself about one…
Read More“It has become a fashion to regard any vestige of the USSR through the framework of nostalgia. The sentiment is –there could not have…
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