Tufts Observer

Tufts' student magazine, since 1895.

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Read more of "Threads of Solidarity: The Symbolic Power and Global Impact of Clothing "by Sophie Fishman at: https://t.co/8H7C3yFXNS

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“As a part of this long history of support for homespun production, the growing demand to purchase a keffiyeh from a Palestinian-based business in and of itself represents a stance against colonialism.”

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Read more of "No More Dirty Money: Tufts Climate Action Files Legal Complaint Against Tufts Fossil Fuels Investments" by Tufts Climate Action at: https://t.co/YW8zwEh3Vj

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"How can Tufts be ’a light on the hill,’ a beacon of progress, when our money is still going to industries responsible for species’ extinction, air and water pollution, rising global temperatures, and natural disasters?”

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Read more of “Biting Back: Students Resistance to Updates to the Tufts Meal Swipe Policy” by Miles Kendrick at: https://t.co/8tfJSYmZVM

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“Increased food insecurity is another issue addressed in the resolution, with many claiming that the recent policy changes exacerbate already prevalent concerns regarding easy access to quality food.”

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Read more of “Tufts, It’s Time to Boycott from Israeli Apartheid” by Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine at: https://t.co/AZvYJuD4yS

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“The struggle for Palestinian liberation is one with the struggle against capitalism, settler-colonialism, anti-Blackness, racism, patriarchy, and all other forms of oppression.”

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Read more of “Tufts Takes the Pole: Introducing the Tufts Pole Dance Collective” by Juanita Asapokhai at: https://t.co/hgwAdU1N2l
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“Sturdy, eye-catching, and impressively versatile in its uses, poles have been utilized across cultures to intrigue rapt audiences and demonstrate feats of strength and agility.” (1/2)

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Miss Blacklisted SMFA
By Jorge Gomez-Gonzalez

Read more at https://t.co/4TA9jsF9aE

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“It felt like I was being punished by the university for speaking up, even though all I did was to advocate for myself and my community’s needs. After that, I felt even more uncomfortable, paranoid, and unsafe in these spaces.”

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Beyond Sticky Note Solidarity: Building Student-Staff Relations at Tufts
By Joyce Fang

Read more at https://t.co/U0Twl0UN5Q

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“Students’ lack of consideration compounds workers’ experiences of unfair treatment and hostility from the administration––when the administration’s shortcomings are usually the reason for students’ problems with dining, janitorial, and transportation services.”

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Accountability and Action: Remembering Sayed Faisal
By Edith Philip

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"The Mayor is a South Asian woman, the City Manager is an East Asian man, and the Police Commissioner is a Black woman, which just goes to show how different faces in higher places isn't the solution, and the system is racist and rotten to its core."

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Reflections on Collections: Examining Tufts University Art Gallery’s Spring Exhibition
By Sage Malley

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“The history of antiquities collection is fraught with cultural erasure and violence for the sake of national or scientific gain. This results in many pieces being brought into museums and galleries with little to no record of ownership or even definitive place of origin.”

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For the Love of Lebanon
By Nour El-Solh
Read more at https://t.co/MmO2oLMzkl

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"I reflected that this feeling must be what people refer to when they speak of belonging to something greater than themselves. I had never had that feeling before; now, I am determined I will never be without it again."