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Drag performers Emoji Nightmare and Nikki Champagne will read from a selection of children's books, including C is for Country by iconic gay rapper Lil Nas X and Bodies are Cool, an inclusive exploration of body positivity by graphic artist Tyler Feder. The reading takes place at Epsilon Spires at 190 Main St. on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. “Because of our costumes and personas, we are basically storybook characters come to life,” Emoji said in a...
As I sat down to the first night Passover Seder I attended on my campus, I was offered a sheet with four recommended discussion questions. One question stood out to my friends and me: “What enslaves you?” We laughed over it at the time, at the sometimes-dark Jewish humor of the discussion of how oppressed our ancestors were, talk that always comes up with Passover. Yet, this is a worthwhile question to pose. We sit down yearly to remember the...
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