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i’m taking this year off, so i’ll share my favorite...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:36:00 -0600

i’m taking this year off, so i’ll share my favorite pic from last year: the 2012 Baby Dolls. happy Mardi Gras, y’all.

cajunboy: Happy Mardi Gras from Nola, y’all!

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:31:14 -0600

cajunboy:

Happy Mardi Gras from Nola, y’all!

cajunboy: Zulu is here.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:30:45 -0600

cajunboy:

Zulu is here.

dprblog: In an interview being published on the social photo...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:14:38 -0600

dprblog:

In an interview being published on the social photo sharing service EyeEm’s blog (the folks at EyeEm were kind enough to let us get a sneak peek), Lowy, who recently began sharing his images via EyeEm, offers insight into his photography, journalism’s changing landscape and his penchant for the iPhone.

(via Photojournalist Ben Lowy explains why he uses an iPhone: Connect)

cavetocanvas: Kent Monkman, The Emergence of a Legend (detail),...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:34:45 -0600

cavetocanvas:

Kent Monkman, The Emergence of a Legend (detail), 2007.

From the National Museum of the American Indian:

These are the many guises of Miss Chief, but all are ultimately the invention of Cree artist Kent Monkman, who created Miss Chief as his own alter ego. Emergence of a Legend documents Monkman’s assumption of the role of Miss Chief, with the assistance of makeup artist Jackie Shan, designer Izzy Camilleri and photographer Christopher Chapman. The five digital photographs in the series are chromogenic prints, printed on metallic paper and framed in gilded wood to recall the tintype processes of late 19th century portraiture.

For Monkman, both the cross-dressing aspects of his performance and the allusion to visual representations of the past are crucial. As he once explained it, “Emulating the context of the original[s] as ethnological documentation… [mine] play with power dynamics within sexuality to challenge historical assumptions of sovereignty, art, commerce, and colonialism.” These are lofty ambitions, but anyone who has encountered Miss Chief in the flesh knows that she – and Monkman – are up to the challenge.

defcock: BBC News - Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:24:43 -0600

defcock:

BBC News - Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king’s

Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch’s family. Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: “Beyond reasonable doubt it’s Richard.” Richard, killed in battle in 1485, will be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral.

themadeshop: Shovels & Rope KILLING IT on Letterman people...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:27:57 -0600

themadeshop:

Shovels & Rope KILLING IT on Letterman

people i know on the teevee!

defcock: Former NOLA mayor Ray Nagin charged with 21 counts of...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:52:08 -0600

defcock:

Former NOLA mayor Ray Nagin charged with 21 counts of corruption by federal grand jury. (nola.com)

(photo via Twitter / ChMaldonado)

"Last week President Obama nominated his counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, to head the Central..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:26:14 -0600

“Last week President Obama nominated his counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, to head the...

Brennan Confirmation Hearing: Time to Focus on Torture and Killing

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:00:24 -0600

Brennan Confirmation Hearing: Time to Focus on Torture and Killing: ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel...

jsmooth995: artgonegonzo: Last week, I witnessed an art event...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:26 -0600

Jay Smooth, Adam Mansbach, José Parlá, GZA, and Alan KET Maridueña. (Pho

KET, Copenhagen, 2009 (via KET ONE’s Flickrstream)

jsmooth995:

artgonegonzo:

Last week, I witnessed an art event I thought would possibly never occur: the Museum of Modern Art made a serious step forward in recognizing the cultural importance of graffiti writing and hip hop at their fascinating panel discussion, “Writers and Writers: Narrative on the Page and in the Street.”

Read more of my coverage of this groundbreaking panel in my article The Vandals Are No Longer Too Hot To Handle at MoMA on Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/63498/the-vandals-are-no-longer-too-hot-to-handle-at-moma/

Was honored to take part in this convo at MoMA, hope it’s the first of many! (But the last one that’s all-dude)

"Army: 182 Marine Corps: 48 Air Force: 59 Navy: 60"

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:01:25 -0600

“Army: 182 Marine Corps: 48 Air Force: 59 Navy: 60” - A rundown of the record-high...

theatlantic: Kumbh Mela: The Largest Gathering on Earth Tens of...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:04:15 -0600

theatlantic:

Kumbh Mela: The Largest Gathering on Earth

Tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims are now descending on Allahabad, India, joining an estimated 8 million already there for the Maha Kumbh Mela. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh Mela lasts nearly two months and is considered to be an especially auspicious time to bathe in the holy river for purification from sin. In 2001, the last time the festival took place, more than 40 million people gathered in an area smaller than 20 sq km (7.7 sq mi). This year, the predicted number of visitors tops 100 million. Collected here are images from the preparation and first days of the Maha Kumbh Mela, with possibly more to come in the next few weeks.

Read more. [Images: AP, Getty, Reuters]

thingsorganizedneatly: SUBMISSION: 8 Track Collection by Jim...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:47:36 -0600

thingsorganizedneatly:

SUBMISSION: 8 Track Collection by Jim Golden

todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, January 13,...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:48:20 -0600

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, January 13, 1874: As 7,000+ workers demonstrate in New York City’s Tompkins Square Park for unemployment relief, mounted police charge into the crowd, beating men, women, and children with billy clubs. Future American Federation of Labor (AFL) President Samuel Gompers, who was at the demonstration, described the police attack as “an orgy of brutality.”

sisterspock: allcreatures: Sled dogs take part in the Border...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:31:54 -0600

sisterspock:

allcreatures:

Sled dogs take part in the Border Rush Race in The Giant Mountains National Park, in Jakuszyce, Poland

Picture: REUTERS/Pawel Sosnowski (via Animal pictures of the week: 11 January 2013 - Telegraph)

abstractelements: untitled, nyc 2013

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:48:06 -0600

abstractelements:

untitled, nyc 2013

thenationmagazine: From Jessica Valenti’s latest, on...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:36:26 -0600

thenationmagazine:

From Jessica Valenti’s latest, on victim-blaming rape culture:

This widespread cultural message could not be clearer: Men’s sexual urges are uncontrollable and therefore not their responsibility. It’s a fairly insulting view of male morality and sexuality, but it’s also one that allows the culture to put the blame for men’s bad (and criminal) behavior on women’s shoulders. But making women responsible for men’s sexuality isn’t just about excusing rape and sexual harassment. It’s a cultural rule that enforces the idea that this is a man’s world—women just live in it.

Read the full piece here.

thegetty: “He said he did flowers because he didn’t know any...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:09:29 -0600

thegetty:

“He said he did flowers because he didn’t know any people who would sit as long as he wanted.”
—Photographer Judy Linn on Robert Mapplethorpe this week at the Getty Center

Parrot Tulips, 1988, Robert Mapplethorpe. Jointly acquired by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase with funds provided by The J. Paul Getty Trust and the David Geffen Foundation. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

photographyprison: “Talkin’ ‘bout the rig.” Truck by the shore...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:04:45 -0600

photographyprison:

“Talkin’ ‘bout the rig.” Truck by the shore of the Salton Sea, last night.

something very calm and peaceful about this shot.