June Leaf, Woman with Mirror, 2010
June Leaf, Figure Covering Woman, 2010-2011
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If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it’s not your fault, but you still don’t live in a forest.
—Pam Oliver, a professor in the UW-Madison sociology department, explaining the historical roots of racism in the United States to her undergraduate students (mostly middle-class and White). I try to use this when I teach race now, too, to get past the defensive “but why are you BLAMING ME” reaction. (via cabell)
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Kurt Vonnegut’s classic lecture on the shapes of stories, now in an infographic.
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A fantastic guerrilla stunt in downtown Vancouver. A giant plastic six-pack ring is tangled on a dolphin sculpture.
Plastics are a serious problem in our oceans - with terrible consequences for marine species, that get entangled often die as a result.
Learn more about the campaign by Plastic Pollution Coalition at http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
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Hundreds of anti-AIPAC billboards have been posted across central subway stations in downtown Washington D.C. proclaiming that “AIPAC does not speak for me”.
Sponsored by the left-wing Jewish Voice for Peace and the Avaaz global advocacy group, the posters were highly visible to many of the 13,000 delegates attending the pro-Israel lobby’s annual conference.
“AIPAC does not speak for me. Most Jewish Americans are propeace. AIPAC is not,” the billboards say.
Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, said: “AIPAC is the NRA of foreign policy lobbies, pushing a rightwing agenda that does not represent the majority of Jewish Americans: Its support for military buildup and endless settlement expansion makes peace impossible. It cannot claim to speak for all American Jews.”
The posters are part of a concerted effort by left-wing groups outside the Jewish establishment to get their voices heard during the three-day AIPAC conference. Protesters from various radical Jewish and Palestinian groups have held vigils outside the entrances to the Washington Convention Center, where the conference is being held, leading to some scuffles with police and AIPAC delegates.
Penis Envy (Measuring Michelangelo’s David From Afar Shortly Before Being Kicked Out Of Museum), 2013
Performance
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Photographs from the Civil Rights Movement and era.
From top to bottom:
Bob Adelman, Selma, Alabama, 1965
Bob Adelman, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963
Bob Adelman, Selma, Alabama, 1965
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