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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Competitors gather for the performative male contest hosted by Berklee College of Music student Emma Ababa. Berklee student Kelvin Francis was crowned the winner amongst 12 participants from several Boston-area schools.

‘I hate period cramps’: Performative male contest draws Boston students to Cambridge

By Olivia Ruzic and Saanvi Haridas October 5, 2025
Tote bags, watered-down matchas and faux feminism descended upon the Urban Park Roof Garden in Cambridge on Saturday, as a dozen contestants battled it out for the title of “most performative male.”
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