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Idaho high school student goes viral with defiant act at her graduation after district banned books

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 31, 2024
Annabelle Jenkins gave West Ada Superintendent Derek Bub a graphic novel adaptation of 'The Handmaid's Tale' during the Idaho Fine Arts Academy commencement on May 23. The book is one of 10 books the West Ada School District removed from shelves in December. Jenkins posted a TikTok , that has since garnered millions of views, showing the moment she defiantly handed Bub the book. 'I just realized that I did not want to walk across that stage and get my diploma and shake the superintendent's hand. I just did not want to do that,' Jenkins said.

A new generation is seducing a new generation in an ode to poetry

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 19, 2023
When Donna Ashworth appears on the screen for our Zoom interview, she is wearing a jumper with the word 'poetic' drawn across it in large silver letters. This is appropriate, considering that the 48-year-old Scot is regarded as a rock star in the poetry world. Ashworth wrote her first poem just four years ago. She posted it on Facebook anonymously, mainly because people thought it was terrible, 'I could just pretend somebody else had written it'.'

Mindy Kaling wows in a bold outfit for the third premiere celebration of Netflix's in Los Angeles's season three premiere

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2022
Mindy Kaling appeared alongside the cast and crew for the season three premiere celebration of Netflix's Never Have I Ever in Los Angeles. Overall, there are ten new episodes of the coming-of-age comedy-drama on the streaming platform on Friday, August 12. The comedy, created by Kaling and Lang Fisher, takes place in the San Fernando Valley and is based on Kaling's childhood experiences in the Boston area.