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The Bay Area Correspondence School Tweets Poetry
Reviving meaningful communication.
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Angela Davis and Grace Lee Boggs Ponder Activism in the Age of Occupy
The activist-scholars discuss redefining revolution at the kickoff to UC Berkeley's Empowering Women of Color Conference.
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Breaking Out LGBT Inmates
Two new books examine how queer and transgender prisoners get the hard end of the warden's stick.
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Lip Service Pays Off
Local lit series shows the warty underside of a flourishing scene.
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Message in a Tin Can
How Adhamh Roland resurrected the art of the singing telegram.
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Hella Gay Hotbed
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All in the Bag
It's become standard practice for retailers and artists to split profits evenly on consignment goods. But some artists cry foul.
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A New Life for Larry the Bus
John Benson wants to turn his AC Transit bus into a mobile comedy venue. Hopefully, he'll get the chance.
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IsAnyoneUp.com and the Porn Generation
How 25-year-old "life ruiner" Hunter Moore used revenge porn to get famous.
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Boys in a Book Club
They aren't here to make friends.
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How did Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell get suckered into eating 24 eggs in one sitting? The Internet, of course.
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Craig Thompson's Bittersweet Habibi
The graphic novelist's latest tale of love and loss takes readers on a journey to the Middle East.
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Booty Pageant
RonKat Spearman's Sugar Booty Pageant is all about promoting one's best assets. Also, world peace.
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Sistahs Steppin' Out
After ten years, Sistahs Steppin' in Pride holds its final event.
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Talking About Sex — and Being Asian
Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice gets local teens to discuss their sexuality.
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