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I Have an Ice-Bridge in Greenland that Might Interest You

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We saw the best minds of our generation destroyed by news about Jeffrey Epstein.

Casey Baskin August 16, 2019 Aneurysms, Donald Trump, labor, media, media studies, politics, sports, sports soccer, transgender, Trump

Lipreading the Apocalypse: This Week’s Best of the Web

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As the notorious commitment-phobe Charles Dickens once said, it was the best of times, it was the worst […]

Guest November 18, 2018 Best of, gender, music, politics, race, transgender

Straight Outta Fresno Presents: Battle for Fresno State, Championship Round

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The Battle for Fresno State, Championship round will host a panel discussion on Fresno hip-hop history including some […]

Guest April 14, 2018 California, dance, Fresno, hip-hop, Straight Outta Fresno

On the Front Porch: Deborah McCoy and Fresno Streetdance

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Hit it. The street is Poplar, central Fresno. The year is 1976, ‘77, ‘78. The familiar popping of […]

Guest April 3, 2018 African American history, dance, Fresno, hip-hop, music, Straight Outta Fresno

Rethinking Lana

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I think I first heard of Lana Del Rey because of her widely-panned first appearance on SNL in […]

Alex Sayf Cummings February 6, 2018 gender, hip-hop, music, sexuality

Straight Outta Fresno Presents: The Judges of the Battle for Fresno State

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If a bboy/bgirl battle’s dopeness is judged by the quality of its judges, then the Battle for Fresno […]

Guest February 2, 2018 dance, Fresno, hip-hop, music

Defying Gravity, Breakin’ Boundaries: The Rise of Fresno’s Climax Crew

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In the early 1990s a ten-year-old boy sat on the roof of his grandmother’s home in Southeast Fresno, […]

Guest January 25, 2018 Chicano, Chicano history, dance, Fresno, hip-hop, Mexican Americans, music, Straight Outta Fresno

Straight Outta Fresno: How the Popping Dance Movement Empowered Youth of Color

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As its name suggests, popping is a dance style defined by the popping of one’s muscles and joints. […]

Guest November 27, 2017 dance, Fresno, hip-hop, race

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