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Memchu photo by Da-hee Kim.

Death of the Masterpiece | This essay could be gone tomorrow

Istaara Amjad
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May 20
Culture
Photo of Bronzino, “Portrait of Bia de’ Medici,” ca. 1542–45.

Bronzino paints a requiem for a young girl

Weili Jin
  •  
May 19
Screen
In her column “Desi Deep Dives,” Siri Atluri ’28 explores South Asian media and cultural conversations. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Desi Deep Dives | Bollywood fashion from the early 2000s

Siri Atluri
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May 18
Reads
A book with text "Great Big Beautiful Life" lies on a green background.

‘Great Big Beautiful Life’ weighs truth versus facts, but skips out on character growth

Blyss Cleveland
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May 15
Film
To commemorate Mother's Day, The Daily recounts their favorite depictions of motherhood on the screen, in all of its many forms. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Our favorite depictions of motherhood on screen

Charlotte Burks, Ellaheh Gohari, Grace Zhao, Kelly Wang, Yinlin Zhao and Blyss Cleveland
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May 14
Culture
OpenAI's creative writing tool poses little threat to human creatives, according to Chen. (Graphic: MICHELLE FU/The Stanford Daily)

Artificial Imagination: Can ChatGPT tell our stories?

Joyce Chen
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May 13
Film
In the film viewing and Q&A session, panelists discussed the exploitation of Congolese resources and the environmental future they envision. (Courtesy of E'jazz Mason)

‘Remember what has been dismembered’: Congolese voices at Environmental Justice Film Festival

Riley Casagrande
  •  
May 13
Reads
Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: Unfunny women and other lies in ‘Sorrow and Bliss’

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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May 12
Reads
A woman standing on the street stares at the camera

‘My Life At the Movies’: Rachel Kushner explores cultural authority and the influence of film 

Zora Hudson
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May 11
Screen
A mirror reflects a standing camera.

The Stanford Scene: West Mulholland ’27 balances stardom and Stanford

Paolo Ferreira Reitz
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May 8
Reads
Discover your next great read this spring! (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Listicle: What’s Stanford reading?

Allie Skalnik, Ellaheh Gohari, Blyss Cleveland, Hana Dao, Kelly Wang, Miriam Awan, Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz and Cate Burtner
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May 7
Music
Streaming services have long mishandled music copyrights, and the legal fixes have done little more than paper over the cracks. But emerging tools like smart contracts could finally offer a way forward — one that’s built for the digital age.(Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Mainstream & Margins: Why music royalties are still broken — and what might fix them

Rishi Jeyamurthy
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May 6
Music
Lady Gaga, sometimes called the queen of pop, once again shakes up the music world with the release of her new album "MAYHEM". (Photo courtesy of Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Gaga goes back to basics amidst ‘MAYHEM’

Allie Skalnik
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May 5
Screen
A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Actual People’ chooses to lose post-grad blues

Blyss Cleveland
  •  
May 4
Arts & Life
Photo of Winslow Homer, “The Fox Hunt,” 1893.

Winslow Homer paints a Darwinian drama

Weili Jin
  •  
May 1
Culture
SLOCo rehearsing “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in Memorial Church.

Stanford Light Opera Company prepares for historic Memorial Church production

Leyla Yilmaz
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April 30
Arts & Life
Graphic showing that from 2024–2025, luxury brands underwent the biggest creative director shakeup in years, bringing in new leaders to reflect shifting consumer tastes.

Fashion’s great reshuffle: Who’s leading luxury?

Simmi Sen
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April 30
Culture
Photo of a group of Bay Area mothers honoring the beauty of nature and shared their art at an exhibition in Mountain View.

‘Preserving Beauty’: Art exhibition spotlights artistic talent among Bay Area mothers

Kelly Wang
  •  
April 29
Reads
Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: ‘Acts of Service’ by Lillian Fishman is a raw, erotic meditation on power, shame and wanting too much

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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April 28
Culture
"Vegan" written in vegetables, surrounded by vegan friendly food.

‘Re-Thinking Food: From Plate to Planet’ symposium serves up future of food

Chetanya Pandey
  •  
April 27
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