EDITORIAL PHILOSOPHY
Many of us have grown up in a cultural, social and political landscape where our leaders, mentors and elders have told us our state and world have never been so divided, so broken, so antagonistic. Curb: Fusion does not ignore these fissions. Instead, we highlight this richness in perspective and what can happen when we come together. We invite you to celebrate and scrutinize the diversity in experience found across our state.
This issue of Curb finds unity in the shared and differing experiences of Wisconsinites, examining not how our differences divide us, but create the energy to fuse our path forward.
ANTHEMS THAT GIVE A SOUND TO CURB STORIES
By Emma Goshin & Nicole Cederberg
Curb: Fusion is all about the way people in Wisconsin simultaneously collaborate and collide. The songs on this playlist each explore the diverse emotions we feel when considering unity. Sometimes unity can feel triumphant in songs like “Lean On Me” or “Come Together.” Other times, we realize that achieving diversity isn’t as easy as it seems in songs like “Running Up That Hill” and “I Will Survive.” While listening to this playlist, notice the mix of genres, decades and people creating music that forces us to confront our differences and see how they move us forward.
CURB CONVERSATIONS
Produced by Maria Brunetta
Five Curb writers discuss how they discovered their stories, what it was like writing them and what Curb has meant to them this semester.