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Meet the seniors who designed these runway-ready collections

Meet the seniors who designed these runway-ready collections

Jeffrey Kelly | @jeffkellyjr, Assistant Culture Editor February 21, 2021
Who needs New York Fashion Week when you have UA's design showcase?
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Cultured | Jeffrey & Leah consider stanning Wendy Williams

This week on "Cultured," Jeffrey and Leah forget to actually stan someone and instead talk about their two snow day obsessions: climate change (Jeffrey) and Céline Sciamma movies (Leah).
Puppy Love: Jill Biden kept it crowd-pleasing in first FLOTUS PSA

Puppy Love: Jill Biden kept it crowd-pleasing in first FLOTUS PSA

Joshua LeBerte, Contributing Writer February 17, 2021
The Super Bowl has long been over. But one culture writer is still thinking about the game's iconic precursor: the Puppy Bowl. The canine competition featured many adoptable dogs and an appearance from the first lady herself.
Allegations of sexual abuse rise against Marilyn Manson over social media

Allegations of sexual abuse rise against Marilyn Manson over social media

Josh LeBerte, Contributing Writer February 14, 2021
The rockstar’s hard-edge image bore many controversies. One actress proved her story would be the last straw.
CW / Camille Black

Everything’s online now. What does that mean for dating apps?

Sophia Surrett, Contributing Writer February 14, 2021
College is where people come to get their degree (and maybe find a significant other). But with classes and extracurriculars online, it's hard to meet someone organically. And while many are flocking to dating apps, the influx of new users has mixed results.
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Opinion | Country music fans showed their true colors in response to Morgan Wallen controversy

Joshua LeBerte, Contributing Writer February 14, 2021
Morgan Wallen is in hot water. Sound familiar? The star had his Saturday Night Live performance suspended after a maskless night out in Tuscaloosa. Now, as one columnist writes, Wallen has made yet another misstep—and the reaction says a lot about his fanbase.
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Culture Picks | What The Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance was actually getting at

Maria Grenyo, Contributing Writer February 14, 2021
The Weeknd captured everyone's attention last week, for better or for worse. His Super Bowl Halftime Show was a greatest hits-style performance with style influenced by his 2020 album, all with a little message wrapped up underneath.
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Cultured | Jeffrey & Leah become #FreeBritney activists

In this episode of "Cultured," Jeffrey and Leah talk about The New York Times and Hulu's "Framing Britney Spears," Netflix's "Malcolm & Marie" and the culture desk's recommended love songs (and break-up tracks).
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These Black authors fill Alabama with poetry and community

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter February 11, 2021
Alabama has a rich literary tradition—but its traditional canon is filled mostly with white authors. Black authors and poets in the state are hard at work spreading the gospel of poetry in an effort to make creative expression a viable outlet for all.
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‘Old myths’: Out-of-staters and changing politics make UA more than a stereotype

Autumn Taylor, Contributing Writer February 10, 2021
From the outside looking in, Alabama has a reputation. People may see the state as staunchly conservative, but a diverse student makes campus more complex than it appears from afar.
UA professor Trudier Harris will be the namesake of BFSA's scholars bowl competition.

Preview | This inaugural event is BFSA’s way of celebrating Black achievement

Lindsey Wilkinson | @lululindsey11, Contributing Writer February 10, 2021
February is teeming with Black History Month events on campus. BFSA members are hoping their new event, a scholars bowl competition, will draw fearsome competitors and become a campus tradition.
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‘We are bigger than the first and the only’: Black women reflect on Kamala Harris’ historic vice presidency

Annabelle Blomeley, Staff Reporter February 10, 2021
The Biden-Harris ticket made history in January. Kamala Harris became the first woman, first South Asian person and first African American to be the vice president. While her election was cause for celebration, some are ready for the days of firsts and onlys to be firmly in the past.