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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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All content by Tabitha Gruendyke

Art Powerhouse Christie’s Sells AI-Generated Portrait for $400,000… and It’s Disappointing

Tabitha Gruendyke | November 14, 2018

Picture a portrait of the most generic late-eighteenth century gentleman you can imagine. Picture him through a nearsighted lens, the kind an optometrist uses to test your vision, so blurry he looks like...

The “Moving Stories” cast with Moving Steps founder Dr. Adrianne Tabet (middle row, second left) and executive director Jenny Herzog (bottom row, right)

“Moving Stories” presents autobiographical narratives of addiction, incarceration and healing through dance

Tabitha Gruendyke | December 6, 2017

I come out stronger in the end when I can walk through fear. -Moving Stories performer This past weekend, the Moving Steps Foundation showcased its first performance, “Moving Stories,” at the Dance...

Paint merchant Julien Tanguy (John Sessions) reflects on Van Gogh
Photo courtesy of Good Deed Entertainment

“Loving Vincent” inspires audiences to reinvestigate the life and death of Vincent Van Gogh

Tabitha Gruendyke | November 8, 2017

After six years, 125 global artists and around 62,450 frames, Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman’s product, “Loving Vincent” is worth every brushstroke. The world’s first fully oil-painted feature...

Skrein pictured at the April 2016 MTV Movie Awards
Photo courtesy of Reuters/Phil McCarten

Ed Skrein demonstrates how stopping Hollywood whitewashing can be as simple as saying “No”

Tabitha Gruendyke | September 22, 2017

Once again, the public erupted in backlash against Hollywood cinema’s whitewashing of roles after a casting announcement was released that Ed Skrein would be playing Major Ben Daimio, a character of...

Multi-media artist Annie Segan and photographer John Shearer
Photo by Audrey Stevens'17, Photo Editor

Dr. Annie Segan and Photographer John Shearer discuss the legacy of storytelling in photojournalism

Tabitha Gruendyke | October 26, 2016

Before their panel on 1960s photojournalism held in Collins on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Dr. Annie Segan—writer, oral historian, editor, multi-media artist and curator of her father, Arthur Rothstein’s, photographs—and...

Solange Knowles as portrayed on the cover of her new album
Photo courtesy of Carlota Guerrero

In “A Seat at the Table,” Solange addresses cultural issues with artistic grace and authenticity

Tabitha Gruendyke | October 19, 2016

Solange’s recently released album “A Seat at the Table” is an artistically riveting R&B album that moves listeners’ emotions, sympathizes with the struggles of those unjustifiably neglected,...

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