Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. In Brown and Bothered, columnist Sidra Rashid discusses her experiences with appropriation of her Desi culture. Vogue India […]
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Student designers, models step up to the runway for FAST fashion show
Taylor McGee’s fingers have been bleeding a lot in the past few days. She’s been hand-embroidering five of her 11 original fashion pieces. The third-year psychology student joined the Fashion and Student Trends club last year, and will be presenting her designs, along with about 70 other student designers and models, at the annual FAST […]
Brown and Bothered: Commercialization of chai ignores history of oppression, distorts original
Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. In Brown and Bothered, columnist Sidra Rashid discusses her experiences with appropriation of her Desi culture. When one […]
Coastalong music festival preserves sustainable roots after name change
Trying to plan a sustainable music festival at UCLA is not all good vibes and zen. On top of the stress of planning the annual festival Ecochella, organizers had to come up with a new name for the festival due to copyright issues with the Coachella-esque title. On Saturday, the UCLA organization E3: Ecology, Economy, […]
UCLA professor’s billboard art piece frames road to Coachella
This post was updated on April 21 at 4 p.m. Jennifer Bolande spent hours taking pictures for an art piece that she says viewers cannot properly capture in photos. Bolande, a UCLA art professor and professional artist, created six billboards along the north and southbound side of Gene Autry Trail. The images of mountains align directly with […]
Brown and Bothered: Turning tikkas into trend subjects it to disrespectful debate
Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. In Brown and Bothered, columnist Sidra Rashid discusses her experiences with appropriation of her Desi culture. I Googled […]
French UCLA Extension student pursues pop career after moving to LA
Marie Monti calls herself a girl on a mission. Monti moved to California from France in October to pursue a music career while studying music business in a UCLA Extension program. She released her first pop single “Lazy” on Sunday. After moving from around the world to pursue a solo career in Los Angeles, Monti […]