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Blake Ziegler | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Health care is a contentious issue in American politics. In the Nov. 5 elections, an NBC exit poll found that 41% of Americans polled cited health care as their primary concern, topping even economic concerns. Of the voters, 70% expressed the need for “major change” in American healthcare policy. Democrats are looking to capitalize on
Show Some Skin | Wednesday, October 2, 2019
They say that hindsight is 20/20. When we reflect on our past and our history, we might see how we arrived where we are. We know more, we see more, we ask more when we gaze into our past, and it is this reflection that allows us to look at the current moment with more
John Salem | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Notre Dame student government and Show Some Skin collaborated in hosting “Notre Dame: Unfiltered,” a free performance showcase and dinner held in the LaFortune Student Ballroom on Tuesday. The event consisted of four monologues, each touching on different aspects of identity, performed by Notre Dame students. Following each monologue, facilitators seated at the tables with
Show Some Skin | Thursday, March 21, 2019
Let it roar. The fire within me burns. It is alive and breathing It flickers, feeding of the gray and heavy air. It grows in my lungs My veins reaching out, gasping for air. They contract and constrict with every flicker Yelling out. It spreads upwards, up my trachea. You see, it is
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, March 4, 2019
The first time I saw Show Some Skin, it resonated with me on a deep level. One of the things that struck me the hardest was that there were other students just like me on campus, students who did not fit the “Notre Dame stereotype,” students who look like you and me. Students who are
Erin Swope | Thursday, February 21, 2019
For eight years running, “Show Some Skin” has challenged its audience to think about how race, gender, sexuality, class and other aspects of identity impacts the Notre Dame community. Each night from Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, “Show Some Skin” will once again challenge students, faculty and community
Show Some Skin | Thursday, November 29, 2018
I first saw Show Some Skin during my freshman year. It was a powerful performance that I didn’t expect to find at Notre Dame, of all places. I wanted to get involved in some aspect, so I reached out the fall of my sophomore year to the executive producer, who I’d had a class with
Show Some Skin | Thursday, October 25, 2018
The last few years have culminated in a combative atmosphere that has been all but unifying, open and understanding in regards to salient issues of identity. In fact, it’s caused most of us to retreat, to sink back and to put up our walls and remain defensive. Sometimes, defending ourselves is the safest option. Sometimes,
Show Some Skin | Thursday, October 4, 2018
For as long as you can remember, your father always told you that you could do even better. He wanted you to grow and so he’d always remind you of the room you had for it. He taught you to read when you were three and signed you up for piano lessons at four. Every
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