Catie Byrne Features Editor After five grueling hours, 15 speakers and nine testimonials from Greensboro city council members, in an eight-to-one decision, on April 5, Greensboro’s City Council approved a resolution against House Bill 2. A controversial section of HB2,… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor The caption reading: “Colored smoke firework residue on paper,” present on three of Rosemarie Fiore’s works, captures the essence of her inventive and colorful fireworks-inspired art, featured in the “Colossus” exhibit, at the Weatherspoon museum. Running… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor As I sat in my room on Saturday night listening to the song “Everything Stays,” from the “Adventure Time” mini-series, “Stakes,” on repeat, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed in the way mainstream LBPQ pairings are… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor Industrialization, deforestation and vandalism; these are the issues The Weatherspoon Art Museum’s exhibit “Reclaiming Nature: Art and Sustainability” addresses in 13 poignant art pieces. Organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections at Weatherspoon, the exhibit… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features editor “I’ve personally overcome homelessness on three occasions and moved 35 times, and I’m 21 so it’s more moves than age,” said Kaitlyn Runion, one of the organizers and founders of the UNCG donation closet, Daisy Trader…. Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor Generally, I don’t like exercise, excessive perspiration or unnecessary movement, but as fall leaves crinkled with each step into the woods of my neighborhood, I was struck with the compulsion to keep walking. These woods were… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor I am a millennial lesbian, but I am not, by modern standards, a “21st century Marginalized Orientations, Gender Alignments and Intersex (MOGAI) queer.” In fact, don’t ever associate me with MOGAI or coercively label me with… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor As October is domestic violence awareness month, it is important to recognize that among the stories and faces of survivors which pervade mainstream media and domestic violence awareness organizations, not all survivors are straight. The idea… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor The history of North Carolina was forever changed on Oct. 10, 2014, when the state’s same-sex marriage ban was ruled unconstitutional. This ruling opened the floodgates for 51 same-gender couples to marry the same day the… Read More ›
Catie Byrne Features Editor To be honest, I feel like a bad gay; more specifically, one that hasn’t really participated in any public events to display my inner rainbow in over a year. Most recently, I missed Pride and Trans… Read More ›
