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Continue reading →: Immersed 1st & 2nd community book club meeting RoundupTeaching Community: a Pedagogy of Hope – bell hooks Teaching Community is a heartfelt and intellectually rich call for educators to create classrooms that are sites of liberation, not domination. Taking her perspective as someone who has taught in the most elite of educational sites, hooks removes herself from the…
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Continue reading →: Divine Right X Salvation EndsNorth Carolina Straight Edge Hardcore Written by Chris Ponds | Photos by Zack Allen About The Band Starting out with a tweet from vocalist Josh, about wanting to start a straight edge band, Divine Right began as a different project with bassist and drummer, Kale and Carson, and another friend.…
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Continue reading →: Bad Again by MadisinnBy Ben Matthews | Photos by Mary Riley “A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one’s compatriots than be mocked and detested by them.” In his own musings on the influence of walking amongst a world where hostility is…
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Continue reading →: Jiu-Jitsu Violent Demonstration (DEMO) EPJIU JITSU Young enough to still be developing their skills, Jiu-Jitsu, a five piece Charlotte Hardcore band “against fascism,” has only been making music for about a year consistently and is already making waves in the North Carolina hardcore scene. Calling back to sounds similar to Backtrack’s earliest album Darker…
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Continue reading →: For the roses: Wilmington’s newest artist collectiveBy Christian Ponds | Top Photo by Emma Huff | Bottom Photo by Danny Crapanzano Olivia Gillaspie and Madison Grifaldo’s friendship started through a mutual friend after both lady’s established music career had begun during the small rise in shows after COVID-19’s shutdown. Grifaldo’s history in classical music and opera…
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Continue reading →: On Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fundamental Human RightsBY CAROLINE LEMLEY | Photos by Nathan Wellish Let’s start with a game. I’m going to give you three quotes, your job is to determine whether or not they are from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale, or quotes from modern day elected officials. Shall we begin? If you…
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Continue reading →: Suck Fest 2: A recount and ReviewPhotos + Review by Chris Ponds First and foremost, no one asked for my opinions, but I am here to give them none the less. What are my credentials? I have been writing about music since I was 15 and that means nothing but I have let it fuel me…
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Continue reading →: Predators Amidst a Safe Space:A Discussion About the Fundamentals of Punk and How We as a Community Uphold Them by Chris Ponds I laugh it off with the other women and AFAB people I meet at shows with jokes about being on “pit patrol,” or being forced to find a big guy to stand…
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Continue reading →: The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living: Who-Dared-WonIn Conversation with Mary Riley, By Ben Matthews (All Photos by Mary Riley) “I feel like it has a lot to do with my whole way of starting.” A Nikon D-2100. An early high school gift from a friend of her father, the camera served as the initial flicker igniting…
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Continue reading →: Beyond Crisis:Housing Union Creates a Space for Renters to Lean on One Another in the Worst Housing Crisis America Has Faced By C. era & LC Thomas Temoney was 78 when he and his partner, Carinorlenda, were evicted from their home in the Northside of Wilmington. Temoney grew up in the…
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Immersed is an independent publication and mutual aid hub. Based in Wilmington, NC, what started as a zine by Chris Ponds in 2019 has grown into a team of writers, photographers, and activists working to share truth and bring awareness to global issues. We book DIY shows, feature musicians and artists of various mediums, alongside opinions and educational content based on intersectional justice issues.
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