Columns

06 Feb 2017

A Dude’s Guide To Fat Shaming In NYC

By Jonas Barnes  Okay, I have to get a couple of things out of the way before we can really get into this. First: I’m a guy writing about fat shaming. Calm down and breathe. Catch your breath yet? Good. Second: I’ve been fat literally since birth. I was a fat

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03 Feb 2017

Black Artist Censored By School District During Black History Month

San Francisco based artist Mark Harris was asked by the president of the San Jose NAACP to display his art in the administrative offices of the East Side Union High School District for Black History Month.  Mark Harris is an African American artists known for work that carries with it enormous  symbolism and graphic

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03 Feb 2017

Bay of the Living Dead: Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe

  Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a twice a month column about the horror genre. It was anything but a “midnight dreary” (a reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem The Raven) as around thirty Poe admirers gathered inside Castro Street’s Dog Eared Books last Thursday evening to celebrate the 208th

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02 Feb 2017

Trump’s Refugee Ban Sparks Crowdfund for Muslim American Storytelling

Shocked by Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” last Saturday, The American Muslim Storytellers are launching a community crowdfunded grant: the Muslim American Storytellers Grant.

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02 Feb 2017

After The Women’s March, Now What?

The Women’s March in NYC the day after the Inauguration was monumental. By now you’ve heard about the unity, solidarity, and strength felt by many as they participated in the march with hundreds of thousands of other similarly-outraged people–250,000 people, approximately–and millions more in cities across the country and the

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02 Feb 2017

We wanna send you +1 to see Wax Tailor!

JC Le Saout, the man behind the Wax Tailor moniker, was a radio DJ in the 90’s who became involved in music production with the French Rap band La Formule. In the early 2000’s, Hip-Hop gave way to other interests and JC developed a musical project where the cinematic influence was

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01 Feb 2017

Immigration Ban Ends America As We Know It

JFK airport erupted this weekend as Trump’s travel ban left many across the globe stranded or facing the mid-air shock that upon landing they would be placed in detainment instead of with loved ones. Here’s how it happened and an investigation into what so many new border walls, both concrete and

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31 Jan 2017

We wanna send you and a friend to a SF Beer Week Event!

Whether you’re single, attached, or “complicated” this Valentine’s Day, beer and INFORUM will always love you back, so spend the evening with us! Join leaders from top San Francisco breweries—including Fort Point Beer Company, Magnolia Brewing Company, Anchor Brewing and Local Brewing—for a conversation about beer and why it’s great

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