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‘It’s okay to be different’ ‘Trans: The Movie’ documents transgender lives

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKRISTEN SHULTIS Staff Writer “It’s okay to be different,” were the wise words of an eight-year-old transgender girl in “Trans: The Movie,” a film shown on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in McEwen Hall as part of TransDiscovery: Exploring Gender Variant Lives. “Trans” is a documentary about transgenders either transitioning, in the......
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Women Rock the Vote at Women, Rock and Soul

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Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor The Women’s Student Union hosted its annual event, Women, Rock and Soul, last Tuesday evening in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room. This year’s event was themed “Women Rock the Vote” and emphasized the importance of voting not only for women, but for the highly unrepresented......
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Share stories at Brown Bag Series kickoff

Reading Time: 2 minutesAMANDA DEDIE Special to The Leader The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series, more commonly known as simply the “Brown Bag Series,” is a string of monthly lectures given by a panel of speakers in accordance with the season’s theme. The Brown Bag Series is kicking off......
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The poor-trayal of women in video game media

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMO SADEK Special to The Leader It would be incorrect to say that women are just starting to become a force in the video game industry, since they’ve been here since the beginning. Women like Carol Shaw and Roberta Williams are some of the most notable women in the industry;......
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Comedian Jessica Halem gets down and dirty

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Reading Time: 3 minutesREBECCA HALE Assistant Reverb Editor Jessica Halem, who introduced herself as “a radical, Jewish, feminist queer stand-up comic,” and whose career she describes as “generally being pissed off for a living,” put on quite a jaw-dropping act in Marvel Theatre last Tuesday. Halem is not a cautious comic who treads......
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‘Jog for Justice’ brings color to Ring Road

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGretchen Herb runs through colored corn starch and towards the finish line. Photos courtesy of Mary Laing / Special to The Leader MAGGIE GILROY Reverb Editor Clouds of color burst through ring road Sunday afternoon, as over 300 runners and volunteers participated in the Jog for Justice. A gender and......
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Outlaw/ed Bodies: a cultivation of awareness

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Reading Time: 3 minutesCLAIRE WOODCOCK Special to The Leader What exactly constitutes an outlawed body? For weeks, students and faculty have been grappling to shed light on the different types of bodies that have been denounced by society. These efforts serve as the launching point of an interdisciplinary student exhibit, titled “Outlaw/ed Bodies,”......
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Fredonia celebrates Valentine’s Day weekend with The Vagina Monologues

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHanna Neumann and other members of the cast perform “My First Period.” Mary Laing / Special to The Leader CHRISTINA CONCEICAO Sports Editor This past weekend, SUNY Fredonia put on its 13th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” a play written by Eve Ensler, a Tony Award winning playwright, performer......
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Jennifer Lawrence: be my best friend?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesHANNA NEUMANN Staff Writer Jennifer Lawrence, also known as J. Law, is transcending compared to other women in popular culture. She is blunt and straightforward with her opinions and self which is unlike many other stars in her generation. She is relatable to her audience and fans, and she is......
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Poetry Slam to premiere on rape and assault against men

Reading Time: 2 minutesREBECCA HALE Staff Writer On Friday night, students will gather to listen and pour their hearts out in “Breaking the Silence: Spoken Word Against Rape, Sexual Assault, and Violence Against Men,” a student-organized poetry slam. The event was organized by Rebecca Panarello as a part of her Scholar Activism Project.......

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