Julia Davis, Author at Little Village

Viral hashtag showcases inequities at the University of Iowa

by Julia DavisFeb 26, 2019Jul 23, 2019

Update, Thursday, Feb. 28: On Tuesday, organizers behind @DoesUIowaLoveMe reached out to Little Village and said they plan to share and clarify information about the movement in a statement to the media Wednesday evening. To Little Village’s knowledge, this statement was never released. A recent hashtag has many University of Iowa students and alumni voicing […]

Arts & Entertainment

Becoming Roxie: For Iowa City’s Jason Seaba drag was a way to replace self-doubt with self-expression

by Julia DavisJul 11, 2017Jul 13, 2017

It may be 2017, but tonight drag queen Roxie Mess is channeling her inner ’80s superstar. From the moment she takes the stage, she controls the crowd at Studio 13, the only gay bar in Iowa City. Taylor Dayne’s “Tell It To My Heart” blasts through the speakers. Roxie struts on stage in a skin-tight, neon orange dress with pink frills and huge blonde hair that seems to take up more space than her actual head. Her 4-inch heels make her tower above the crowd at 6-foot-9. Her makeup is just as bright and jarring as the neon dress and makes it impossible for anyone to look away as she dances across the floor and against the wall.

Community/News, Features

Iowa City’s Sudanese community navigates Trump’s travel ban rhetoric

by Julia DavisJun 20, 2017Jun 23, 2017

Hanadi Elshazali will always remember what it felt like to go to work on Nov. 9, 2016 — the day after the country elected Donald Trump as its 45th president. She’ll remember the chaotic silence as she entered her office at the Pheasant Ridge Neighborhood Center of Johnson County, the muffled whispers that made her […]