Introduction In her 1999 play Purapurawhetū, Briar Grace-Smith weaves her audience a story of simultaneously ordinary and epic proportions. Much like the audience, the play’s protagonist Tyler, a Māori teenager, finds himself immersed in a world where the logical and the extraordinary commingle boundlessly. The past and the present, the living and the dead, and the animate … [Read more...] about Aesthetic Decolonization: Magic Realism and Rewriting Postcolonial Trauma in Briar Grace-Smith’s Purapurawhetū
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Redefining Health: Genome Editing
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Societal Expectations
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Sexual Assault
Recently, it became known that several girls were drugged at a party hosted by USC Fraternity Sigma Nu. This recent news has caused lots of outrage and protests have begun taking place. Something that was outrageous was the DPS report: Use the buddy system; travel in pairs or a small group. ● Buy your own bottled/canned drinks and keep drinks within your … [Read more...] about Sexual Assault