Uppity takes inspiration from Bikini Kill, the feminist rock band who spearheaded the riot grrrl movement, a network of punk rockers challenging misogyny through music, zines and workshops in the 1990s Pacific north-west scene.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Oct. 2026
The curriculum included zines created by a young woman who, as a teenager, had experienced homelessness and food insecurity.
In Iran, the largest newspapers avoided mentioning the elections on their front pages this morning — a deliberate move to signal disinterest in the consequential vote.
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Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2026
The diagnosis exploded in popularity and was widely blamed on railroads, radios, telegraphs, newspapers, and the industrialization of the times.
Partly inspired by her time working as a museum security guard, they are often accompanied by water bottles, cushions, books, or other belongings that give a sense of the presence of the person who sits there.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
27 Oct. 2026
Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.
One young fashion photographer who made a name for himself at indie mags like i-D with his unpolished images of a teenage Kate Moss, was Juergen Teller.
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Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2026
Instagram and indie fashion mags blew up, and Cassel started doing profiles.
Two of the world’s leading medical journals published key studies this week that shed even more light on how ADHD impacts adults.
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Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
23 Oct. 2026
The library used to house thousands of books, journals, and reports that employees could use to learn, research, and explore ideas — much like The Garage.
Eventually, Saint found steady work on radio serials and early television dramas.
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Valerie J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2026
But there was a time when comic-book heroes appeared on movie screens only sparingly — particularly between the waning days of old serials and the premiere of Superman in 1978.
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Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Aug. 2026
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