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• Doing it for the gaze

  20-05-2024 22:24 via chicagoreader.com
  
  What was in the water in Hollywood in the late 80s and early 90s to instigate so many films (Fatal Attraction, She-Devil, Soapdish) about obsessed and vengeful women? Was it just part of the backlash to feminism anatomized by Susan Faludi? Or did these stories in some way tap into the rage of women who […]
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• REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS (“RTA”) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

  20-05-2024 20:44 via chicagodefender.com
  
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• Meet Omari K. Prince: 2024 Chicago Defender Men of Excellence Honoree

  20-05-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Omari K. Prince is a lion for the Illinois small business community. 
  As Director of Government Affairs for the Small Business Advisory Council, he engages with elected officials and policymakers and lobbies on behalf of the small business community and neighborhood business districts in Chicago and across Illinois. 
  He is pivotal in ensuring that the SBAC fulfills its mission of promoting “the success of small business through political advocacy, support services and educational
  
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• Black Woman Shot & Killed In Front Of Grandchildren On Mother’s Day

  20-05-2024 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Photo: Central Alabama CrimeStoppers
  An Alabama grandmother was hosting a Mother’s Day celebration when she was shot and killed in front of her grandchildren, per PEOPLE.
  64-year-old Gloria Crews died on Sunday (May 14) after someone opened fire at her outdoor party in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery police and fire medics responded to the shooting at around 7:02 p.m. but were unable to revive Crews. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Crews was reportedly shot as she was directing child
  
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• Documenting queer grassroots organizing

  20-05-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s” is a powerful introduction to how queer and trans communities visually documented and expressed themselves between the uprising at Stonewall and the legalization of gay marriage. From portraits and documentary-style protest images to flyers, magazines, calendars, and collages, this exhibition is a delicious buffet of gender, racial, and class […]
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