Disney underperforms in queer representation

With minimal LGBTQIA+ representation in their films, Disney continues to face backlash this Pride month for only using token queer characters rather than spotlighting the community.  Over the past five years, Disney has incorporated very few queer moments and characters into their feature length films despite a growing global concern for proper representation. Glimpses of…

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Ladies and gentlemen, the house is now open: Live theatre returns to R.I

As statewide COVID-19 guidelines begin to change, local theatres are “dusting off the cobwebs” and reopening their doors to bring live theatre back to Rhode Island. Tammy Brown, the artistic director of the Contemporary Theatre Company (CTC) in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, said that they started planning back in February for the return to “normal”…

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R.I. students share art of what the ocean means to them in Feinstein exhibit

The Graduate School of Oceanography is showcasing an exhibit at the Providence campus featuring works from a youth and a professional art competition. Photo from uri.edu. Painting is by Anthony Tomaselli. In honor of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography’s 60th anniversary, the program hosted a Youth Art Competition and Professional Art…

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