Eileen Matthews has created advertisements using national brands including Kleenex and McDonalds. However, her ads aren’t meant to sell tissues or burgers – instead, they’re a form of art and activism. Read more...
Photo: Eileen Matthews created “100 Days of Feminist Ads” in April. The Instagram project releases daily art pieces styled as ads for different well-known brands with a feminist twist, addressing topics like the pay gap and consent. (Courtesy of Eileen Matthews)
Nick DeGruccio wants audience members to jump and maybe even wet their pants when watching his latest production. Based on Stephen King’s work, the pop-rock musical “Carrie” centers on an awkward teenager, who is bullied by her overly religious mother and her high school peers. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s production of “Carrie: The Musical” will feature blood, telekinetic powers, a high school prom dance and spooky special effects. (Courtesy of Sam Sherry)
Sara Gilbert cried before anything happened onstage the first time she stepped into a Broadway theater to see “Miss Saigon” in New York. The second-year theater student and musical theater-lover will embody a character this weekend who shares her dreams of performing on Broadway. Read more...
Photo: HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s production of “Stage Door” will feature women who live in a boarding house and aspire to make a name for themselves on Broadway. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Davia Schendel wrote her first play on the back of her eighth-grade school notebook. Since then, she’s written three more plays, two during her freshman year at UCLA and one this year. Read more...
Photo: The Shakespeare Company at UCLA is putting on “Fourteen Lines,” a play written, casted and directed by second-year theater student Davia Schendel. The show is based on Shakespearean characters and sonnets, and it searches for the meaning of love across centuries. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Wedged in between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, UCLA students have no shortage of places to shop for clothes. However, high price tags can limit shopping options for money-conscious students on a college budget. Read more...
Photo: (Photo by Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin, photo illustration by LeAnn Woo/Graphics Director)
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. Read more...
Photo: Pakistani clothes like the “shalwar kameez” can be worn in different contexts. Clothes like “abayas” are meant for religious purposes, but are often used by celebrities today as fashion statements. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Lilo Papikian starts off her day by choosing whether to wear her red-rimmed, cat-eye or black-framed, heart-shaped sunglasses while riding her scooter to campus in the summertime sun. Read more...
Photo: Students have also been spotted wearing sunglasses with frames of different shapes. First-year psychology student Lilo Papikian bought black-rimmed, heart-shaped shades from the UCLA store in Ackerman Union because a character from one of her favorite shows, “Mr. Robot” wears similar sunglasses. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
