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Fat activist Caleb Luna uses performance art to question health and beauty ideals
“The problem is not fatness, health, or fat phobia,” says Luna. “The problem is we place bodies on a hierarchy.”
Read MoreOakland Animal Shelter has a full house
At the intersection of Fruitvale Blvd. and the railway tracks, despite the traffic noise, there’s another noise that stands out —the barking of dogs in the big fenced back yard of the Oakland Animal Shelter. The dogs bark over the sounds of trucks, cars, and freeway, over the railway track’s light signals, and are an…
Read MoreFilmmaker to screen “Redemption,” story of Oakland recyclers
Jason Witt is an Olympian of recycling—he can recycle up to 800 pounds of bottles and cans a day. “He’s the captain of his ship,” said Amir Soltani, a writer and activist who has been following Witt for the past year as part of his upcoming documentary on West Oakland recyclers. Soltani said there is…
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