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Show Some Skin | Thursday, September 20, 2018
The use of Latinx is intended as a gender-neutral term. It is also used in contrast to Hispanics as a way to encompass anyone from Latin American origin or ancestry. It is in no way meant to offend anyone. Although not the official term, Latinxs is used as the plurality form of Latinx. The celebration
Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Each spring for the past seven years, through a series of performed, anonymous monologues, Notre Dame’s “Show Some Skin” has provoked and encouraged its audiences to reflect on issues of identity and difference, especially as they intersect with race, gender, class, sexual violence, LGBTQ+ life and mental health. Yet as Samuel Jackson, a junior who
Observer Staff Report | Friday, August 31, 2018
Show Some Skin and student government have partnered to lead “Notre Dame: Unfiltered” to connect students with campus resources surrounding important issues, the organizations announced in a press release Thursday. According to the release, the event “will share stories of identity and direct students to the many resources regarding race, socioeconomic status, sexual violence, mental
Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 23, 2018
My name is Mara. I am in the recovery phase of my eating disorder. While gone are the days of obsessively weighing myself every morning, driving my finger as deeply into my throat as possible or gulping down some laxatives I once convinced myself were safe — the bottle indicated things like “herbal” and “all-natural,”
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, May 1, 2018
To the man who killed my brother, I hope it hurts you. More than it hurts me. I hope it eats away at who you are on the inside. In time, I pray I get to see your face. I pray you don’t have the courage to look away. I am his youngest sibling and
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Growing up, we are repeatedly told we can be anything we want to be. We’re told to dream big — the world is ours. Little kids are encouraged to aspire to be astronauts, princesses, the next president. But at some point, in between childhood and emerging adulthood, we are hit with a spheroid of misery,
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, February 27, 2018
In case it was lost in translation, he said, “[The Haitian immigrants who received visas in 2017] all have AIDS.” “Why are we bringing people from s—hole countries like Haiti and African countries? Why can’t we bring more people from Norway?” “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out.” This is fact. He said
Selena Ponio | Thursday, February 22, 2018
This weekend, monologues that present a wide range of lived experiences, issues and raw emotions will be brought to stage with one promise to their authors: anonymity. These monologues, written by members of the Notre Dame community, will be performed onstage at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center as part of the student production “Show Some
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, February 13, 2018
In a world where we are constantly interacting with and presenting ourselves to others, there is little room for vulnerability. We hide what makes us vulnerable, and sometimes it’s necessary in order to stay sane. Hiding physical and emotional weaknesses is a survival tactic; it has always been and probably always will be. However, our
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Earlier this month, Babe.net published a pseudonymous account of a 23-year-old photographer’s (“Grace”) messy date with actor/comedian Aziz Ansari. The reaction to the piece has been divisive; many suggest her complaints are representative of the #MeToo, #TimesUp and modern feminist movements having gone too far. Due in part to clickbait-y journalistic flaws and sensationalized storytelling,