the mini: revolution(ary)
MODA the mini: CHLOE KARASKIEWICZ Editor-in-Chief Deputy Editor Caroline Kreul Art Director Jesse Tovar Assistant Art Director Alexandra Folino Fashion Editor Paige Schultz Lifestyle Editor Jennifer Anderson Social Editor Barbara Gonzalez Arts Editor Creative Director Mekea Larson Photography Director Roberto Leon Contributing Writers Alexa Carlson, Dan Kershner, Emily Hegland, Haley Nippert, Jessica Hamilton, Karina DeBourne, Katy Stankevitz, Kayleigh Hong, Lanni Solochek, Meg Rotter, Phebe Myers Photographers Alexandra Folino & Jordan Kaster Schultz Models Hong, Meg Rotter, Rebecca Swearingen, Marjorie Kersten, Savannah Mathe
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letter from the editor: s Moda returns for a new semester and a
National racial tensions remain high as incidents across the country continue to highlight the disparities that African Americans, in particular, this month’s edition of The Mini, Phebe Myers caught up with Deshawn McKinney of About Race UW to discuss campus and community climate as well as the administration’s reaction to Internationally, the world looked on as Charlie Hebdo was attacked by armed extremists, prompting a discussion on the freedom of speech seeing a #JeSuisAhmed movement that, though much smaller, accompanied the general white
understanding as Lanni Solochek parries with commentary on the true nature of satire and its This year we are also reminded of the ongoing Hong examines makeup’s place in the workplace in an Op-Ed featuring our very own bare-faced
We share with you these topics and many more to inspire you to keep learning, continue growing, and always sift and winnow through this and every to scale, but as the world seems to collapse ever more into turmoil, we should use these moments of challenge as inspiration instead of allowing
crowd yelling condemnations at all Muslim people and nations for the attack, but the distinction
The greatest changes have come in the darkest
Haley Nippert explores the importance of this
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STRAIGHT FROM A LEADER’S MOUTH MODA FASHION WRITER PHEBE MYERS TALKS TO DESHAWN MCKINNEY,THE ONE OF THE LEAD STUDENTS BEHIND “ABOUT RACE UW.” Moda Magazine: At the end of last semester you spearheaded a massive student protest in response to
MM: How do you plan to use the momentum from that event to bring about change on campus?
of experiences on campus prompted you to create the movement?
DM: This semester we started holding student forums to
Deshawn McKinney: Of course all of these things that happened in the national sphere, that’s in my mind and every day we are still going to class and most people aren’t further ostracizes you from the campus community because That really impacted me, but what really sparked me to create a movement and get active was a silent vigil at the Kohl
trying to get as much of the student voice as we can, so we are gonna hold as many forums as necessary until we get a really deliver to administration and try to negotiate to get MM: inequality in the country, so how do you think that this community’s response has been to things like ‘About Race UW’ and also ‘The Young, Gifted and Black Coalition’ ? DM: talking about how liberal a place it is and people really
was talking about a lot of the backlash they got, some things were good, and some people actually came up and joined in
hard to believe that the racial disparities are worse than and I remember a woman calling the station, and she was like “Are you sure that these exist? ‘Cause I would imagine
ten page paper and how do I focus on that when there’s all same experience, they heard that and the title ‘Liberal, progressive city’ and they can’t imagine that a positive and a that’s where everyone [was] going to be, and that’s a way to
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Dane County is following in the footsteps of a lot of MM: How do you think that UW could create a more inclusive and accepting community?
now, in the Madison community and on campus and we can keep that energy going and really make a
trying to make sure that other students of color and people in general can come on this campus and feel
DM: An important step in the process of it is to their Diversity Forum last Tuesday which we didn’t want student participation in because it wasn’t really they were catalyzed by student actions last semester, yet they didn’t invite any students to the table to help
MM: Do you have anything that you’d like to add? DM: coalitions among community leaders to have a strong People can look at a lot of movements within this
They used pictures from the die-in, so all of a sudden it’s a victory for the UW campus, but last semester it
quickly something can explode but also how quickly
because they said it wasn’t a university sanctioned event, so why now are you using the pictures from want to stress how important this semester is for the at the table to help shape this, ‘cause nobody knows what campus is like better than the people living it
are willing to make this semester count and if that
MM: How do you think white students can be better allies to students of color on campus? DM: By being present, being aware, educating yourself, supporting people through these actions and acknowledging and respecting that these are Knowing that it’s not even mainly about Ferguson or New York, racism exists the daytime people of color don’t like going down Langdon Street because they experience so many Not trying to take over the movement, not trying
MM: Do you feel hopeful for change on campus? DM:
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HOUSEHOLD HACKS TIRED OF REPLACING YOUR WORN OUT CLOTHES? JOIN MODA AS WE TEST OUT SOME LIFE-SAVING CLOTHING HACKS! By Meg Rotter, Lifestyle Writer Instead of investing money in new clothing and accessories, revitalize your wardrobe by using some simple household hacks that I recently discovered. After doing a little myth busting,
1. LEATHER
Break in your new leather jacket by getting it leather coat on a snowy day to help break malleable, I think rain or actual water would leather boots, you can get rid of water stains by using vinegar and a toothbrush to gently
2. TIGHTS
To prevent your tights from getting holes, will create a protective layer to keep your tights your tights, apply a clear coat of nail polish Back in my dance days, this hairspray hack
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these are the tips that I found most effective. Read on to see how you too can extend the life of your wardrobe.
3. SHOES
If your old shoes are getting too snug, stretch them out by putting on thick socks with your The heat will help the shoes form to the new leather, you can treat them like a leather coat
4. JEANS
Get more use out of your jeans by using these your jeans in a sealed Ziploc bag and place
out this tip myself, I found that although your jeans will smell better, the freezer will not be technique could save you a few washes here and there, it is still important to launder them
5. STAINS
Much of my wardrobe consists of white, so the reason why many clothes get tossed or sweat stains from your crisp whites by spraying it is a sunny day, leave your shirt out in the sun the fabric with hairspray, wait a few minutes
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JE SUIS HUMAINE:
Je Su
Cultural Context of a Human Tradgedy By Haley Nippert, Contributing Writer With the world’s attention on France after the recent terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, it seems the subject of free speech has been Golden Globes and other awards shows, proudly proclaiming, “je suis Charlie,” a phrase that has quickly come to represent the defense of free speech and show wholly, and often consciously, is that this attack was not only in response to the racist depictions of Muslims that the magazine so often tried to masquerade as satire, but also the rampant Islamophobia that has been present in France for France’s leaders marched through the streets of Paris in remembrance of those who were murdered in the Charlie Hebdo attacks, where only one year ago protesters gathered for the anti-Semitic and homophobic Day of Anger, where Parisians
Racial tensions are not only manifested on such a large scale, but in legislation as that they must give up their cultural and religious heritage in order to be seen
This
While the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo is inexcusable and repulsive, it is not simply in response to the comic’s depictions of Islam retribution for whatever wrongs they perceive to exist, whether they be members of a religious, political, or national group, but it is
Nous sommes tous humains. Levitt, Joshua. “Hate-Filled Protest in France Attacks Thousands; Crowd Chants ‘Jew, France is not for You!’” The Algemeiner. Masi, Alessandria. “France’s Secularism Is Driving Young Muslims Out of School, Work, and French Culture.” International Business Times. “Islamophobia body observes sharp rise in anti-Muslim incidents in France.” Deutsche Welle.
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FROM DAUMIER TO DISTRESSING: French Satirical Cartoons Compared By Lanni Solochek, Arts Writer
For centuries Those artists and creators view the world around them, and use humor to critique
Satire was and continues to be a way of criticizing governments in a nonconsistently set themselves apart in their brand of humor creating what Vox writer Max Fisher calls a “two-layer satire” that tends to play on harsh racism, even duality of their work, one must have a solid understanding of French politics and
Critiquing the work that Charlie Hebdo does does not condone the violence
However, it is important to note that using free speech as an excuse for perpetuating racism and misogyny is not conducive to creating a
Mockery of a dominated by privileged voices, it’s not enough to say ‘Mock everyone!’ In an unequal world, satire that mocks everyone equally ends up
The creation of harmful
Fisher, Max. “What everyone gets wrong about Charlie Hebdo and racism.” Vox. January 12, 2015. Ahmed, Saladin. “In an Unequal World, Mocking All Serves the Powerful.” The New York Times. January 11, 2015.
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No Makeup Required
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For many women, makeup is an option. But is it a requirement? By Kayleigh Hong, Lifestyle Writer Darby Hoffman, Jennifer Anderson, Jessica Hamilton, Kayleigh Hong and Meg Rotter photographed by Alexandra Folino Wearing makeup is so common that it’s becoming strange employers require female employees to wear makeup, raising questions about whether or not makeup should be a part of the
With the second semester underway, many seniors are beginning process is preparing for interviews by searching for the right
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Many employers advise their female employees to not overdo the
have to wear makeup in order to look presentable and, once again, and foundations, she shouldn’t be made to feel uncomfortable if she One of the recent fads in beauty is achieving the perfect, natural, “no“naked” face and dozens of beauty gurus have “No Makeup” makeup of making videos to help women create the illusion of a naked face, we
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Whenever I leave home without applying a basic powder and concealer, I am often prodded with phrases like, “Oh, you look tired,” or even worse, Women are probably just as “tired” as they women don’t wear makeup to mask fatigue, it’s As I began wearing less makeup more often, I have noticed that people don’t treat me any
Some women wear makeup for comfort, but this shouldn’t dictate whether they are comfortable in telling women it’s wrong when they aren’t made up every day, let alone employers “suggesting” to not wear make up, and the latter should feel
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THE SELMA SNUB
B Y E M I LY H E G L A N D ,
And the biggest Oscar snub of this year goes to... Ava DuVernay, for Best Director.
has never been a black female Ava DuVernay directs a compelling
“Selma,” the timely Martin Luther
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violence, police brutality, and one of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time, received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, as well as a nod for best original song for the powerful closing tune, “Glory,” performed by
a year that reminded Americans how impossible it is to call ourselves of police brutality are the most on horseback brandishes a whip, cracking it down on one of the protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge; in another chilling moment,
C O L U M N I S T
told Rolling Stone that this scene, shot a month before Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, represented “part of the atmosphere as a black it’s happening somewhere on that uncanny reminder of a past we cannot yet call history, as similar The roster of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is shrouded in a veil of secrecy for its group is overwhelmingly comprised Los Angeles Times, a whopping
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It seems like the entertainment industry makes lurches forward such as Lupita Nyong’o receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, only to then stall out once Is this really that big of a surprise though? The entertainment industry itself is predominantly white for African American Studies at UCLA released a
have emerged as frontrunners: “Birdman” writer and inventive cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (who took home the award for Best Cinematography for
• White actors play almost 90% of lead roles in Hollywood The Oscars are the Superbowl of the entertainment • Male actors make up nearly three quarters of lead roles in Hollywood.Minorities account about 12% of Hollywood directors, while women only account • for 4%.
her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she became She journeyed to the podium from a segregated table in the back of the auditorium to accept her award, far
not only celebrate her ability to translate history into an emotionally compelling narrative on the screen, but also commend her ability to stand out in the boy’s club
Edwards, Gavin. “We Shall Overcome: Ava DuVernay on Making ‘Selma’” Rolling Stone. 5 Jan. 2015. Horn, John, Nicole Sperling, and Doug Smith. “Unmasking the Academy: Oscar Voters Overwhelmingly White, Male.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2012. Hunt, Darnell et al. 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report: Making Sense of the Disconnect. Bunche Center. Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, Feb. 2014.
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HAIR POWER
TRANSFORM YOUR HAIR INTO A POWERFUL ‘DO WITH SHORTER LOCKS THIS SEASON. By Jessica Hamilton, Lifestyle Writer
Photographed by Jordan Kaster Schultz If you’re anything like me, you have
crazy busy, you still want to achieve a “put trend allows easy maintenance while giving
and based on my tendency to copy LC’s hair evolution, I immediately knew it was I can use minimal product in the morning and my look remains polished for the rest two to partially blow-dry my hair, which is essential before braving the cold winter
But beyond the fresh length, shorter haircuts carry a similar message to the women’s
LC is just one of many powerful women include Lucy Hale, who rocks an edgy bob,
women chose to wear loose clothing and cut their hair shorter in order to diminish
With Swift’s chart-topping album and tour this year, no one can better display the
struggle to reach equality, especially in the
It rebels against long locks associated with femininity, creating a mature look with little
Whatever you decide to do, keep in mind when it is appropriate for a messy topknot or when you should actually run a brush makeup, allow your hair to highlight how
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S W E E T YA M S
In the week and a half since A$AP Yams has passed, the online hip-hop community which he so consistently energized has come together not only to mourn the death of a great visionary taken too soon, but to unanimously
By Dan Kershner, Men’s Writer
famously landed an internship with harlem imprint Dipset machinations of the record industry, it didn’t at all cement
old Harlem native, otherwise known as Steven Rodriguez, was the creative director of hip hop collective A$AP Mob who knew him personally and through his social media presence can attest to his loveably lit persona; he was always involved in keeping those around him up in spirit and was his platinum-album-selling protege, A$AP Rocky, and traprap virtuoso, A$AP Ferg, probably know Yams more for his infamously decorous red birthmark, gold teeth, and french braids as featured in the viral “Peso” and “Shabba” music
Instead, Yams built his own domain from the ground up, not alongside other brick and mortar establishments in New York, but digitally through social media and his famed equally exert his visual, musical, and comedic sensibilities, and his steady stream of quips, breaking artists, and stylish waited with bated breath for the next best hip-hop nugget powerful purveyor of hip-hop taste, all Yams needed to take the project to the next level was a talented face for his brand,
In reality, Yams spent much of his life concocting and crystallizing the new wave in New York hip-hop, a scene
to aes=thetic fruition without the guidance of Yams’ long spent many of his adolescent “backpacker” years wheeling
Rocky has served that role and then some for his mentor, embodying the sauntering, painfully stylish, street-wise rapan assemblage of pieces as it is a blending of ingredients, a syrupy potent cocktail that sends all the right waves through your head-space.
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JUST LIVE...BE FULLY ALIVE. REMEMBER THE BEAUTY, THE VIBRANCY, THE COLORS THAT REMINDED YOU TO WAKE UP AND BE MORE THAN WHO YOU WERE YESTERDAY. WINTER IS COLD AND UNIFYING, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THOREAU KNEW - THERE IS AN UNENDING SUMMER WITHIN US EVEN IN THE MIDST OF WINTER. AND THAT SUMMER IS THE LITTLE REBELLION OF BEING THAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE.
ETERNAL SUMMER Photographer: Liesl Broadbridge Models: Rebecca Swearingen, Marjorie Kersten, Savannah Mathe Directed by Mekea Larson
Stepping Outside (of Madison) to the World Around You By Karina De-Bourne, Arts Writer How you can do it? to think they don’t need to leave their rooms to experience the world around them; it seems as if people have shrunk into their own private bubbles, when really we should be
History classes can be a good way to do this and you might If you want to push it a bit more, you could learn a new
I’m here at UW-Madison on a year abroad from England; it may not count academically for my degree, but it has
but if you don’t want to commit to studying, you can always
Trying a new cuisine is one of the best ways to experience Why be worldly? If you have knowledge about another culture, then you will you’ve learned about or somewhere you’ve been, sharing anecdotes from outside of your world is much more exciting Aside from this, it can save you and another person from any
promoted as an International Friendship Program and it brings together international students and domestic the equation you’re on, there’s space for you to share your
the expectation of them as a representation of their whole If you are currently living in the residence halls, then you told me that it might seem okay and you might think that
These are a subset of the Diversity Program who help run events which coordinate both international students and
one will remember that guy or girl that only binge-watched really immerse yourself in the culture and the lifestyle, and A lot of us are thinking about the future, grad school, another language or would be interested in and willing to travel to other places, will make you stand out that much
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By trying stepping out of your comfort zone a little, and reading world news and not just local news, you can engage more with the world around you, and become just that bit
anyone outside of the collegiate bubble. There are a few students at The University of Wisconsin who have left “practice mode” and entered the real world while still pursuing an education.
Meet three students who are already running their own businesses during their time as undergraduate students. By: Katy Stankevitz, Arts Writer
Nathan Allman | Chefs For Seniors
citizens in Madison, WI and Rockford, Il get the nutrition they need while grandmother, who had to move into a nursing home solely because she wasn’t
Garth Beyer | GarthBox Garth Beyer, a recent graduate from the School of Journalism and Mass
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Most students come to school so they can get a degree and, someday, a job. College often feels like an unreal part of the world where the work
helm from which Beyer runs a marketing and consulting business, all while running GarthBox is getting an email from someone with a question about
Neha Anand | Creative Crossing Neha Anand, a junior studying biology and psychology, created her company,
part of owning her own company is sharing what she loves with the people
All three of these Badgers stressed that owning your own business takes time and energy. Beyer noted that he wasn’t very active in clubs or social Anand said she had to do most of her work during breaks from school. When it comes down to it, most students who start their own companies do it because they are passionate about something and hope to make a change—and seeing that positive change is always worth it. February 2015 | 27
Sophia Amoruso: The #GirlBoss FOR NASTY GAL’S FOUNDER, THE KEY TO SUCCESS WAS NOT A COLLEGE DEGREE, BUT RATHER HER THRIFTY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
By Alexa Carlson, Fashion Writer What do GPAs, internships and student organizations have in common? They’re facets of professional life that traditional college education and a loaded resume the single key to success? For Sophia Amoruso, high school and community college dropout and exis currently the executive chairman and former CEO of the online clothing powerhouse, Nasty Gal, which generated
page, Nasty Gal, where she sold vintage women’s clothing that she had managed to rummage out of bins at Goodwill, the Salvation Army or even warehouses hours of digging through smelly piles
isn’t an easy feat now and especially was talent and the intuition to showcase her
Using the internet to promote her sales, Amoruso created a MySpace page
After becoming frustrated with eBay’s limitations, Amoruso created her own com, at that time, was owned by a porn Nasty Gal created a page where fans
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of what holds people back from their true potential to sky-high heels and high-waisted pants, receives rate the amount of purchases compared to the visits to the page is incredibly high, showing that even without formal training, Amoruso’s skill
“A lot of people in my generation don’t seem to get that you have to work your way up,” Amoruso told So next time you start to panic about your GPA or internships, just relax and remember that there is no
her position as CEO to executive chairman, but has So what is Sophia Amoruso’s secret formula to her truly unique path to success? She believes that a lot
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