Rae Alexandra
Staff Writer at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)
KQED Arts & Culture Staff Writer/ NPR One voice/ 'Rebel Girls From Bay Area History' creator/ Welsh Woman in SF/ Rat lady
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kqed.org | Rae Alexandra
Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Magdalen Asylum in February 1925, after it had been renamed St. Catherine's Home. The institution stood on grounds that are now part of San Francisco General Hospital, at Potrero Avenue and 20th Street. If you’ve heard about Magdalene Asylums, you likely associate them with Ireland. Between 1767 and 1996, these Catholic institutions incarcerated girls who were considered somehow wayward.
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Apr 4Failed to save articlePlease try againIn April 2024, Columbia University students set up tents on campus to protest the school's financial ties to Israel. The encampment protest sparked a national movement. (Roxie Theater)At 4 a.m. on April 17, 2024, students on Columbia University’s Morningside campus began assembling tents. By the time the rest of campus had woken up, the first “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” was fully constructed.
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kqed.org | Rae Alexandra
Apr 3Failed to save articlePlease try againEver wanted to spend all day gazing at the majestic beast that is Claude? Now you can! (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)He’s enigmatic. He’s pigment-free. And when he’s not lounging on a heated rock, he’s hanging out with his three snapping turtle pals. He is, of course, Claude: California Academy of Sciences’ resident albino alligator and unofficial mascot.
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kqed.org | Rae Alexandra
Apr 2Failed to save articlePlease try againOpal the Otter: enjoys fish snacks, swimming in pools and leaning all the way into her underbite. (© Monterey Bay Aquarium)The nameless sea sausage was found in February 2024 near San Luis Obispo looking smol and sad and stranded. The kind folks of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the three-week-old baby in and swiftly realized she was unreleasable.
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kqed.org | Rae Alexandra
Mar 31Failed to save articlePlease try againFire personnel gather at the base of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995. (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Unfortunately for the makers of Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America, the series trails behind another impactful documentary on the subject by almost a year.
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I am finally watching 'The Substance' and, holy shit, it's TERRIBLE. The woman that made this movie hates women and she wants you to hate women too. Fuck off with your awards.
