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Lydia Wei

Lydia Wei

Lydia Wei '24 is an Arts and Life columnist for the Daily. She loves blackberries. Contact Lydia at lydiawei 'at' stanford.edu
Culture
A white man plays a piano in a small venue as people stand around him. The room is dim and lit with red lights.

NYC piano bar brings Broadway to Bing

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 15
Culture
A white woman sits on the floor, distressed, as a white man sits in a chair looking at her. The set resembles a modern therapist's office

Falling out of love in ‘Juliet and Romeo’

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 5
Culture
A photo of a comedian on stage.

Q&A: Comedian Mike Vecchione on stand-up, social media and finding funny in the mundane

Lydia Wei
  •  
Nov. 13
Culture
A screenshot of an article within the "sexx" column from The Stanford Daily Archives. The headline reads "Gumby Penis: Where's pony pal pokey?"

Need ‘sexx’ advice? The unexpected legacy of The Daily’s Roxy Sass

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 23, 2023
Reads
The text "Bewilderment" written in black and white against a yellow background with text running across

On ‘Bewilderment’: both a poetics and an ethics

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 8, 2023
Screen
Curly-haired Jesse Eisenberg wears a white t-shirt with a red Arm & Hammer logo, with a black jacket over and headphones around his neck. He sits at a desk with two monitors, facing away from the screens.

In Tumblr’s alternative canon, ‘The Social Network’ is a gay love story

Lydia Wei
  •  
Dec. 8, 2022
Culture
The black and white headshot of a man staring into the camera, with bangs covering his forehead

Robert Mapplethorpe: Images and the limits of sexual imagination

Lydia Wei
  •  
Nov. 6, 2022
Arts & Life
In a monochrome photograph, three figures are positioned around a wooden staircase on a beach. The figures and the staircase are all in profile; one person lies at the top, looking at another sitting on the steps. A third stands under the stairs.

Last days of summer: The photography of ‘PaJaMa’ 

Lydia Wei
  •  
Oct. 9, 2022
News
Professor Estelle Freedman

Ingenious in the classroom: students celebrate Estelle Freedman’s legacy at Stanford

Lydia Wei and Oriana Riley
  •  
May 27, 2022
Culture
Bosco in black leather arm-length gloves and two-piece garment holding a white chair in front of a black circular background and golden frame.

‘Draglywood’: Stanford Drag Troupe’s joyful inaugural Drag Fest

Lydia Wei
  •  
May 22, 2022
Arts & Life
Tyler the Creator performing in front of a crowd

The cult of the Creator: Tyler, the Creator fires up the Oakland Arena

Lydia Wei
  •  
April 4, 2022
Arts & Life
Charli XCX, wearing a silver bikini and boots, sits on the steps of her Fox Theater set while holding a microphone up. Behind her is a large close-up projection of her onstage

Charli XCX in Oakland: ‘The best pop girl in the world right now’

Lydia Wei
  •  
April 3, 2022
News
students line up in front of Lakeside for latenight

Quesadillas and DJs: The return of Late Night at Lakeside

Jared Klegar and Lydia Wei
  •  
March 10, 2022
Arts & Life
Stanford Daily graphic of FKA Twigs

CAPRISONGS: Both the life of and the loneliness after the party

Lydia Wei
  •  
March 8, 2022
Culture
The two young actors playing the role of "Pali" sat on the two fences on each side of the stage facing each other. A lady in white robe with her hair tied to one side sat on the ground mid-dancing, at center-back stage, behind the two boys and the set.

Pali: A moving reflection on the 1947 Partition

Lydia Wei
  •  
March 6, 2022
Arts & Life
Two people facing each other for "As You Like It."

Stanford Shakespeare Company’s ‘As You Like It’ enters the dream world

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 27, 2022
News
A Stanford community member holds a Ukrainian flag while gathering in Main Quad to show support for Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The only thing to do is to find shelters”: Ukrainian students fear for loved ones

Cassidy Dalva, Enkhjin Munkhbayar and Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 24, 2022
Arts & Life
Stanford Daily graphic for Black History Month music listicle

Black History Month: Most influential Black musicians since 2000 (part 2)

Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Nick Sligh, Lydia Wei, Chloe Anne Walsh, Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert, Brandon Rupp and Peyton Lee
  •  
Feb. 22, 2022
Culture
Drag performer St. Andrew performing on stage. (Photo courtesy of Frank Chen)

Stanford Drag Troupe’s ‘Celestial Excellence’: Campy ‘genderfuckery’ in all its glory

Lydia Wei
  •  
Feb. 21, 2022
Arts & Life
Three actors hover over a fourth lying on the ground, masked. The actors stand, kneel and lie on a dark stage, illuminated by white and orange light.

‘Antigone: A New Trans Play’ shows the universality of Greek tragedy

Lydia Wei and Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 6, 2022
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