The anti-woman vibe of witch hunts
Being a practitioner of witchcraft has been a part of my life since I was a young girl. I always...
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Category: Columns
What’s it like to self-publish a book? Ask Caleb Rainey!
I published a book. That sentence is so much bigger than the four words that contain it. Most days...
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Say ‘No’ to Nasty
The angry, curse-driven phrase jumped out during Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s announcement he...
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Teens “shatter the silence” with spoken word
DES MOINES — In a world where many of us are still ignored, a group of talented high school...
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‘Celebrate the activist:’ Stonewall’s message
With the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising will be plenty of...
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Slam poetry: spoken word under pressure
At the risk of coming across as that obnoxious English lit instructor, or a dinner party show-off,...
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Blocking the wrong people: back in Facebook jail
In March, Facebook announced a new ban on white nationalist, white separatist, and white...
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Pho real, how many Pho places do we need?
Author Lisa Skriver Back in the early 2000s, I knew of only one place in the Corridor that served...
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New hope for youth through spoken word poetry and Aubrey Barnes
Aubrey Barnes is a 27-year-old spoken word performer from the Quad Cities; a producer of shows for local artists; founder of an after-school program; and a teacher.
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Live local musicians deserve our dollars
When musicians perform, audience members only see the final portion of their work. That show,...
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