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Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

Did my body become everyone else’s business? | Is it Just Me Or?

Grace Donahue April 26, 2023
Women and femme-presenting individuals have their bodies picked at, critiqued and obsessed over persistently. It does get worse seasonally. When pants become shorts and turtlenecks turn into tank tops, some people think that gives them license to pass judgements on people walking down the street. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

ENDORSEMENT: A vote for Michelle Wu

Editors October 21, 2021
We, as a paper, endorse Michelle Wu because we believe in her vision, and we trust in her ability to achieve it.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Sincerely, Ally: Journalism — I love you, I love you not

Alexia Nizhny April 27, 2021
Journalism helped me overcome my fear of failure. I’m a better writer, artist and editor for it.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Canceled: The ‘Twilight’ Renaissance and cringe culture

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 4, 2021
Guilt can ultimately be more productive than the defiance of embracing cringe culture.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: Your lack of intersectional feminism has real consequences

Meredith Varner March 26, 2021
Feminism must be intersectional and fight for every woman — not just the ones who look like you.
british court dress exhibit at the metropolitan museum of art

BU costume designers talk period pieces in ‘Bridgerton’

Daily Free Press Staff March 23, 2021
Experts discussed the historical accuracy of period pieces in “Bridgerton” at an event Thursday.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Cultural appropriation of tequila

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 3, 2021
If Kendall Jenner is receiving all the criticism in the tequila industry, shouldn’t we extend that scrutiny to all the other wrong-doers and shed light on other non-Mexican celebrities in the tequila-making industry?
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Cancel culture is counterproductive to the justice movement

Luca Becker February 19, 2021
Cancel culture is appealing because it gives those participating in the “canceling” the false satisfaction of justice being served. But those who value true justice must caution against cancel culture and recognize it is the very thing it hopes to destroy: injustice.
Rio’s Reel: Heavy falls 'The Crown'

Rio’s Reel: Heavy falls ‘The Crown’

Rio Reardon December 3, 2020
We watch shows like "The Crown" not to be educated about events as they actually happened, but rather, to see life breathed into that history and gain new perspectives on stories we thought we knew.
TENTINDO: Kanye West's album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

TENTINDO: Kanye West’s album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

Will Tentindo February 16, 2016

Many underappreciate and ignore the subtleties of graphic design. A large number of people view graphic design as something easy that could be passed onto an intern. But after countless public mishaps,...

Americans for Peace and Tolerance released a video Thursday alleging that Axis of Hope, created by Boston University professor Carl Hobert, has a political agenda. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARL HOBERT

BU-affiliated workshop criticized for allegedly making political statements

Katherine Merwin April 27, 2015

Americans for Peace and Tolerance, a non-profit organization that encourages "peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse America," according to their website, criticized the Boston University-affiliated...

MARASCO: Criticism

Daily Free Press Admin October 15, 2013

“May I give you some advice?” the hairy-chested man asked as he popped his goggles up onto his swim cap. “Shorter kicks. Use a kickboard to learn. It’s not as easy as it looks.” And just like...

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