Earlier this year, Bowdoin College announced a plan to adopt a new distribution requirement to its core curriculum. Difference, Power, and Inequity—or DPI for short—will replace the former Exploring Social Differences (ESD) label and marks courses meant to help all Bowdoin students “shift from awareness to active antiracist practices,” according to Jennifer Scanlon, Senior Vice […]
Archives for February 2021
Top Shop Tyrants
“God save the queen/the fascist regime/they made you a moron/potential h-bomb” In the year 1977, Johnny Rotten’s vocals struck hard, fast, and right at the throat of the English monarchy. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, released in 1977, is an unforgiving and violently crude middle finger to the plight of the United […]
What to Do Post-Posting: Keeping Activism Actionable in the Age of Instagram
2020 seemed like the worst possible year to be stuck inside, a year limited to living vicariously through screens. From the national awakening surrounding pervasive systemic racism in the United States to the most important presidential election in recent history, this year brimmed with potential for grassroots-organized activism. While the COVID-19 pandemic did not prevent […]