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New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay read from her book “Bad Feminist” as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate Publications Committee Lit Fest Tuesday.
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Author explains contradictions in feminism, pop culture

By Luisa de Vogel | Apr. 12, 2017

Teaching as a black woman at a predominantly white university has its struggles, according to New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay. Gay began her talk at Literary Fest Tuesday by touching on this topic, which is the subject of her essay “Typical First Year Professor” and appears in her book “Bad Feminist.” “Bad Feminist” explores the contradictions Gay has found in being a woman and a feminist.

The Revelry Music Festival has been cancelled after student interest declined over the four years since the inaugural festival.
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Revelry permanently cancelled due to lack of interest; WUDstock to replace it

By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 10, 2017

Despite an April Fools joke teasing about headliners Migos and Noname playing the Revelry Music and Arts Festival, the event has been permanently cancelled. Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee student leaders voted to discontinue Revelry following declining interest in the event in recent years, according to WUD Communications Director Shauna Breneman. She said the committee will introduce a new festival—WUDstock—in its place.

UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” The book served as the UW Go Big Read book for the 2016-2017 program.
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UW-Madison alumnus pulls in Pulitzer for Go Big Read book

By Megan Provost | Apr. 10, 2017

UW-Madison alumnus Matthew Desmond’s book was not only the pick for Go Big Read this year, but also for a Pulitzer. His book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” won a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, according to a UW-Madison news release. “Evicted”—the UW-Madison Go Big Read book for the 2016-2017 program—follows the stories of eight Milwaukee families as they deal with the loss of their homes.

Author Margaret Atwood discussed her latest novel “Hag-Seed,” a modern version of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” for a crowded Varsity Hall in a lecture hosted by UW-Madison Center for the Humanities and other groups Monday.
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Margaret Atwood advocates funding for the arts, talks new novel on campus

By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 4, 2017

Award-winning author Margaret Atwood visited UW-Madison Monday to discuss reinventing a classic story, and to give her Canadian perspective on national funding for the arts. Atwood began with a quip about the U.S administration, and said sarcastically she was “so happy she was able to cross the border.” She later criticized recent executive orders to cut funding from the National Endowment of the Arts. “Defunding the arts is particularly disadvantageous to smaller communities, many of which have now built up an economy of sorts around things like music and theater ... as those go, there’s going to be a big hole in the economy,” Atwood said, in the talk, which was hosted by the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities along with other organizations . The Canadian author’s latest novel is a revitalization of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” in a more modern, technical setting. Atwood explained the use of technology in the book, “Hag-Seed,” to a crowd of more than 1,000 people in Varsity Hall.

Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.
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Sexual assault awareness month sparks creative events from student organizations

By Hannah Malone | Apr. 3, 2017

Several UW-Madison student organizations are looking to raise awareness of sexual violence throughout April, national Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Two organizations on campus—Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment and We’re Better Than That—are addressing the sensitive topics that surround sexual assault through student activism. WBTT Incoming Students Committee Leader Rachel Nicolaison is running the “Share Your Why” campaign, which aims to create open conversations on sexual assault through personal storytelling. “We want people to get more of the personal touch which is often missing from the conversation,” Nicolaison said.

Demonstrators gathered on Library Mall to promote agendas for Industrial Workers of the World, Young Americans for Liberty and Young Americans for Freedom Friday.
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Demonstrators protest against fascism, promote free speech on Library Mall

By Megan Provost and Kate Daniels | Mar. 31, 2017

The Madison branch of the Industrial Workers of the World held a demonstration speaking out against fascism and recent violence against members of their union Friday. The demonstration, titled “All Out Against Fascism and Hate,” and organized by the union’s General Defense Committee, attracted roughly 45 people to Library Mall. Demonstrators gathered at Library Mall to listen to speakers such as Alex Gillis of the Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes, Lariisa Stewart of the Madison Feminist Directory and Sam Olson of the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement.

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