by Lexi Reich | Feb 27, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features, Reviews
//A visitor walks past a self-portrait of the artist and activist Zanele Muholi at the Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver on Feb. 18. Their work is on display at CVA until March 20. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Zanele Muholi is not exactly an...
by Esteban Fernandez | Feb 26, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Zyah Brown, known by her rap name Fly Zyah, on the swing in Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland Jan. 21. Photos by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com Despite Joe Biden being sworn into office, Black women were the toast of Inauguration Day. Amanda...
by Kieran Purce | Feb 25, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features
//Photographer and artist Yvens Alex Saintil, left, speaks to a visitor about his artwork that explores his experience as a U.S. Army veteran at ILA Art Gallery on Feb. 19. Photo by Kieran Purce | purce.kieran1@gmail.com Last summer, while battling through clouds of...
by Annie Burky | Feb 24, 2021 | Equity, Features, News
//William Wei, Ph.D., stands in front of the plaque that is being changed by the end of the year due to racist wording at 20th and Blake Streets on Feb. 16. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarsna@gmail.com At the corner of 20th and Blake Streets sits a commemorative...
by Lexi Reich | Feb 22, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Chelsea Blankenship, the founder of Colorado Girl Gang, in Denver. Photo by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com Editor’s note: One of the women in this story, Lauren Carter, is Ms. Mayhem’s social media manager in addition to being a moderator...
by Annie Burky | Feb 18, 2021 | Features, News
//Ousman Ba stands in front of Mountain View United Church holding images of his friends, the Diol family, who were killed in a fire on Aug. 5, 2020. Photo by Madeleine Kelly | mkellyindependent@gmail.com In the video that circulated following the death of the Diol...
by Jenna Thomas | Feb 12, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Sandra Lin, the owner of Disruptive Ink Tattoo Studio, tattooing a client on Jan. 28. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Editor’s note: This story comes with a content warning, as it includes a story about sexual assault. Within the walls of...
by Madison Lauterbach | Feb 11, 2021 | Badass Women, Features, Local Business
//Owner of Blackbird Ink Kirsty York, right, consults with client Hannah Fortune about her first tattoo at the Lafayette tattoo shop on Sept. 11. Photo by Ali Mai | ali.mai.journo@gmail.com After Kirsty York was fired from the tattoo shop she worked at three years...
by Annie Burky | Feb 10, 2021 | Editorials, Reviews
//Photo from YouTube. Macklemore’s newest video titled “Trump’s Over Freestyle,” was pointedly released to coincide with President Biden’s inauguration. In the two and a half minute freestyle he said what we’ve all been thinking. The despot is gone. Now what? ...
by Padideh Aghanoury | Feb 9, 2021 | News
//State Rep. Leslie Herod speaking at a George Floyd protest in Denver on May 31, 2020. Photo by Carl Payne | cgpayne2@gmail.com Denver City Councilor Candi CdeBaca and State Rep. Leslie Herod are no stranger to threats of violence. As women of color in positions of...
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