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Sympathy for Rapist

September 21, 2019February 14, 2021 hungertolearn01

13 Reasons Why is a young adult novel written in 2007 by Jay Asher. It is the story of a young high school student that descends into despair by the immense amount of betrayal, bullying, that lead to her committing suicide. This show tries to target controversial topics to have

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Romanticizing Assisted Suicide?

September 20, 2019February 14, 2021 Jannat Mann

“Me Before You” is a novel written by JoJo Moyes in 2012 that was produced as a romantic drama film in 2016 directed by Thea Sharrock. In this story we have two major characters: Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke), and William “Will” Traynor (Sam Claflin). The general storyline is that

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The Language of the Death, a photographic narrative on the Mexican drug cartels war

September 17, 2019February 14, 2021 Michel Galaviz

In the latest exposition by the conceptual artist Carlos Amorales, the artist compiled real and disturbing images of victims of the war on drugs in Mexico. In this work, the artists created a photo novel with the raw and graphic images of from the corpses (or remaining body parts) that

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Dennis Rader – The BTK Killer

August 18, 2019February 14, 2021 Ja'cylynn Ford

    In 1974, Dennis Rader began killing innocent individuals, with majority of his victims being women. Rader as known his motto – “Bind ’em, torture ’em, kill ’em”. In Wichita, Kansas the “BTK Killer” murdered member of the Otero family. It was here that the BTK Killer developed a

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Normalizing Sexual Abuse

October 23, 2018February 14, 2021 Andrea Schreck

“I think I love you, and you just see me as a toy. Because I can’t touch you, because I’m too frightened to show you any affection in case you flinch or tell me off or worse – beat me.” This is a direct quote from the incredibly famous yet

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The Original Sin City

November 13, 2015February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

In today’s day and age there are plenty of so-called Sin Cities to be found. But recently, a ginormous site in Jordan was found that rivals all of these. This site at Tall el-Hamaam dates back between 3500 and 1540 BC, far back into biblical days and experts that have

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Banned Books

April 27, 2013February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Here is a short video in response to Book Banning. This is a subject that I have always been very opinionated about. No one should be allowed to hinder the viewing of written art from others. As Judith Krug from the National Library Association states “anyone who thinks a book

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Destroyed Bibles Displayed for Art Exhibit

April 24, 2013February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Deliberately burning or destroying a Bible to make an artistic or political statement is not novel in this more secular age. What’s so unusual about this exhibit is that the artist, Paul Roorda, isn’t burning Bibles to make a statement against the book or the religion. To destroy a Bible

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