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Culture Shot

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Limitations of gender-swapped theater: A closer look at West End’s ‘Company’ revival

Actors on a stage with large cast shadows
Chi Park/Staff

The enthusiasm over this revival is understandable to some extent. Bobbie’s storyline is meant to be a feminist victory, flipping on its head the tired narrative of a man who strings women along and can’t be tied down.
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Voices

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Spotify, meet your competition: UC Berkeley student Juliette Mekikian and TREBEL Music

For UC Berkeley junior and art practice major Juliette Mekikian, the history of music mirrors the history of art with a “very beautiful, synchronized” pattern. Both are constantly bending and morphing as the interests and habits of their curators transform from one thing to the next.
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Visual Art

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

BAMPFA exhibit ‘Way Bay 2’ provides cohesive, indecisive look at Bay Area art

In “Way Bay 2” works from different time periods, of different genres and by people who never met were presented side by side.
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Columns

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

I have something I want to show you

Now and Again

It is beautiful and binding and intimate when someone you love cares about the art you bring to them or when art you love reminds you of someone you love just as much.
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Sex on Tuesday

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

How do you like your eggs, fried or fertilized?

The fact that I’ve had sex with many people besides my one and only “daddy” shouldn’t be the litmus test for parenthood.
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