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The Politics of 'Papers, Please': Border Control and Biological Essentialism

Lucas Pope’s 2013 release is an empathy game with the typical messy moralities of video games.
October 21, 2020 at 7:04 pm

by KATHRYN XU

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Meet Equilibria, Penn’s Newest Literary Publication, that was Forged in the Middle of a Pandemic

Sophomore Farah Sayed hopes the creative collaboration in her quarantine–born project can keep Penn students out of isolated bubbles.
October 21, 2020 at 5:22 pm

by ABBY WALKER

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Design 21: A Class Arming the Next Generation of Designers with Radical Innovation and Social Awareness

Course Spotlight | Street speaks with Professor Telhan about the future of design.
October 19, 2020 at 9:11 pm

by JESSA GLASSMAN

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Books by Asian Authors That We Should All Be Reading

To widen your literary lenses and keep pace with historical shifts.
October 17, 2020 at 2:56 pm

by ESTHER LEE

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PhD Student Maritza Moulite Captures the Grief of Police Brutality in her Second Novel

'One of the Good Ones' explores how Black victims of police brutality are remembered—and how those classifications reduce their stories.
October 14, 2020 at 7:11 pm

by ABBY WALKER

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Meet Erin O’Malley: A Poet Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Pop Culture, and Asian–American Narratives

How non–rhyming poetry shaped the Excelano Project President’s love for words
October 14, 2020 at 7:07 pm

by JESSA GLASSMAN

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Meet Ivy Deng, the Artist Highlighting the Joy and Beauty of the World Around Her

Artist Spotlight | Using paintings and sculptures, Ivy tries to turn your "ew" into "oooh."
October 11, 2020 at 9:21 pm

by EMILY TRUONG

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'17776' Demonstrates How Every Sports Story is a Love Story

Jon Bois' internet masterpiece, revisited as his sequel comes out in 2020.
October 11, 2020 at 8:21 pm

by KATHRYN XU

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Yinka Shonibare is Reclaiming the Art of the Oppressor

How 'The Swing (After Fragonard)' challenges the colonial art tradition
October 5, 2020 at 9:11 pm

by JESSA GLASSMAN

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Asian Arts Initiative Raises Money for USPS with Pen Pals Project

As USPS faces pressure to perform amid financial constraints, this project merges art activism with the need for communication to buoy the social service.
September 29, 2020 at 5:20 pm

by ALICE HEYEH

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Soup Cans, Hotdogs, and Lopsided Cheeseburgers: Revisiting Pop Art's Favorite Subjects

Examining food's inexplicable role in the creation America's most well known genre.
September 23, 2020 at 5:00 pm

by AAKRUTI GANESHAN

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Meet Adrian Evans IV, the self-taught painter who is bridging abstraction and storytelling

Artist Spotlight | For this graduate student, it’s all about the process, not the final product.
September 15, 2020 at 9:24 pm

by ALICE HEYEH

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Meet Cynthia Zhou, A Multimedia Artist Searching for a More Equitable World

Artist Spotlight | From nonprofit logos to deeply personal paintings, Cynthia uses art to capture images of a complicated past and progressive future.
September 6, 2020 at 8:25 pm

by ALICE HEYEH

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The Devil Wears (Millennial) Pink: How Sociological Factors Affect Color Choices in Fashion

You know that scene in 'The Devil Wears Prada' where Meryl Streep rants about cerulean? This is that, but for millennial pink.
August 13, 2020 at 3:09 pm

by AAKRUTI GANESHAN