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Clare’s journey toward saving her own life

Clare Killman’s divinely constructed cup had all the wrong ingredients.

That is what the deacons at her church told her when she was brought into conversion therapy in 2009. Her cup needed to be emptied of all the wrong ingredients she had filled it with during her 14 years of life. After her cup was finally empty the deacons would help her refill it.

She was told to refill it with masculinity, so the thoughts in her head telling her she didn’t identify with her male gender assignment at birth

ANAVITORIA adds color to their life with new album “Cor”

It’s the middle of the night, Ana Caetano doesn't know what time exactly, and she is rethinking her decisions. She is full of mixed feelings and regret, she questions whether she made the right choices in a past relationship. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter, one-half of the Brazilian music duo ANAVITORIA alongside 26-year-old singer-songwriter Vitoria Falcão, turned her doubt into track eight titled ‘Ainda é Tempo’ part of the duo’s latest album, “Cor”, released on January 1, 2021.
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Gonzalo Fuenmayor | If the Tucan-Nesting Hat Fits, Wear It —

It’s almost a requisite—exotic birds very commonly accessorize colonialist art. And it’s troublesome; not only does their domesticity in popular works suggest clipped wings and containment, but the birds are made to preside over situations of exploitation and racism—as simple, helpless, pretty things. Gonzalo Fuenmayor, a Colombian artist based in Miami, embraced and appropriated these fetishistic tendencies as he began to take shape as a fine artist. His black and white charcoal drawings invoke
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Lilyisthatyou Premieres New Single "FMRN": Encouraging Women To Embrace Sexual Confidence —

On a tipsy afternoon post brunch with friends, singer Lily Davies came home to a music session with her boyfriend, producer Caleb Jacob. After being apart from Jacob for a while due to a trip they were finally reunited. “It was just really explosive. Just really good sex,” says Davies, Lilyisthatyou on all platforms. “And I still live at home so sometimes we just have to do it on the floor, because the living room is just beneath my room.” A snippet of Davies’ song, “FMRN” (Fuck Me Right Now), b
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KLON | There’s Something Growing in the Basement —

It’s fascinating what seeds might be fortuitously sown after dark. After meeting at a party in Paris while freestyle rapping, the French band, KLON, decided to take seriously their unique chemistry, and immediately started their project, steering its energy toward alternative pop. The seven members—Aurel, Art, Zoé, Akra, Rory, Nejma, and Vic—now all live together to focus on making music. KLON’s latest single, “Santa Barbara”, was written in the group’s garage and was conceptualized and created
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Animal Crackers | Candice Molayem and Sam Fox talk 'Space Talk' —

Candice Molayem and Sam Fox talked about working together for a long time before it actually happened, usually in passing at a bar or a discotheque. It wasn’t until around 3 years ago that the two became two creative peas in a pod. Molayem’s new collection Space Talk for her brand Animal Crackers premieres this Thursday. The clothes are inspired by coming into the age of Aquarius, of a fresh start looking at the possible future going in a retro-futuristic direction. Molayem initially envisioned
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MAR CANTOS: THE BRATZ COME TO LIFE —

When Mar Cantos was ten years old, she could be found in her room, playing with Bratz dolls. The dolls represented for her a confidence she wished to embody in her future. Her childhood hobby turned into her inspiration to create a life for herself. Now, fifteen years later, at the age of twenty-five, Cantos does visuals and photography for the brand that helped shape her identity: Bratz.

Originally from Quinto, Ecuador, Cantos calls herself a “nomad” and is used to moving around from Los Angel
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Emerson artist in residence releases book about transition

A few months before P. Carl’s fifty-first birthday, just over two years ago, he made the final steps to transition from female to male. Around a year later, in an effort to better understand his own journey, Carl began brainstorming ideas for a book that would document his journey.

Carl’s new book, Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition, released on Jan. 28, 2020 and tells the story of his transition. The book is currently being adapted into a play by Carl for the American Repertory Theater
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Emerson bands Pool Boys and Squitch open show for Japanese Breakfast

Em Spooner (center) and Denzil Leach (back) of Squitch will open for Japanese Breakfast with student band, Pool Boys.
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When WECB announced they wanted students to open for popular artist Japanese Breakfast, junior Jasper Cote and his rock band, Pool Boys, had their fingers crossed it would be them.

Once Pool Boys found out through event coordinator and junior Mia Manning that they were one of the two bands chosen, they were thrilled to be able to share the stage with talen