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Today at Ms. | October 31, 2022
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From Black Death to COVID-19, Pandemics Push People to Honor Death and Celebrate Life [[link removed]]
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Triumph of Death, circa 1562.
BY NÜKHET VARLIK | Even though death is symbolically very much present in Halloween, it’s also a time to celebrate life. The holiday draws from mixed emotions that resonate even more than usual during the COVID-19 era.
Looking at the ways survivors of past pandemics tried to celebrate the triumph of life amid widespread death can add context to the present-day experience. Consider the Black Death—the mother of all pandemics.
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Waking the Witch: The Feminist History of Spiritualism [[link removed]]
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BY PAM GROSSMAN | In 1848, the adolescent sisters Kate and Margaret Fox of Hydesville, New York, made quite a commotion when they told people of the strange rapping sounds they heard throughout their house. In the ensuing months, they began to communicate with “Mr. Splitfoot,” the devilish name they gave to the spirit that they said was the source of the knocking.
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‘I, Joan’ Centers Trans and Nonbinary Visibility [[link removed]]
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Isabel Thom as Joan of Arc in the Globe theater’s ‘I, Joan.’ (Screenshot)
BY FINN JOHNSON | I, Joan is a feminist, queer and trans re-telling of the iconic story of Joan of Arc written by Charlie Josephine. It is also a much-needed respite from the onslaught of transphobia that pervades popular media today.
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Dr. Goodwin is joined by experts Danielle Citron and Jackie Rotman to tackle the issues women face in online spaces — from privacy to misogyny to censorship of women who use their voices to speak out, and more. How are women taking on the tech platforms and fighting back in the face of online harassment, discrimination and censorship?
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