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Happy Indigenous People's Day!
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Check out this excellent article: Native American Women's Activism. I love that the author addresses early on the racism that prevents many Latina/Hispanic women of Indigenous heritage from identifying as Indigenous. I also appreciate that they address the ( Read more... ) -
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Be wary! This is sexy and nerdy and funny enough that you may find yourself watching it a few times, which may lead to a serious ear worm!
If the embed doesn't work, here's a direct link (there's a link to a free mp3 download there, too): Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface (A Bearded Poker Face Parody) .
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dance videos
(Inspired by a post in a friend's LJ.)
La Preuve par 4's dance performance at last year's Juste Debout was phenomenal. All the versions I've watched have had one problem or another, yet I keep finding myself entranced and watching regardless. Try one of these:
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here
In some ways, it reminded me of Dancing in the Rain, a TURF dancing ( Read more... ) -
slowpoke
Ugh. I have so many things I want to talk about, and so many posts I want to comment on, but not enough emotional energy to to it. I did have to do one thing, though: replace one of my old icons ( Read more... ) -
Louise Bourgeois
1911 - 2010
I am absolutely devastated by the loss of this phenomenal artist. I discovered her work during a visit to SFMOMA many years ago, which is home to her sculpture The Nest (1994):
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quotes from Wallace Shawn's "The Unobtrusives"
I've been thinking a lot about privilege and status lately, and this essay by Wallace Shawn, provides some revelatory insights about his privileged perspective.It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others. But our problem is that we're not superior. We like the sensation of being served by others and ( Read more... ) -
new age demographic
Turned 35 today. Dinner with my beloved: delicious Italian food, scrumptious Argentinian wine, luscious kisses.
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Half of a Yellow Sun; The Danger of a Single Story
I'm currently reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun, and it is phenomenal. I've been crushing on her hard ever since seeing her TED talk (see below), and now I'm entirely enthralled.
Highly recommended:
Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single storyOur lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. ( Read more... ) -
reading up on white privilege
For anyone interested in doing some reading on white privilege, here are some recommendations:
cos's Response to a testy commentJust because you happened to be born white - which was not your choice, just your luck - you were given some extra power over others around here, even though you didn't ask for it. What you were not given, simply for being ( Read more... )
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