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Deconstructing The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’
Read more: Deconstructing The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’ is a dystopian love story that feels appropriate for the last 18 months. Even though it was written before the pandemic, its relevancy has only increased tenfold since its release in 2018.…
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Afghan Grafitti artist Malina Suliman Refuses to Back Down
Read more: Afghan Grafitti artist Malina Suliman Refuses to Back DownAfter Afghan artist Malina Suliman’s father suffered a brutal attack in their hometown of Kandahar, the Suliman family fled to Mumbai, where they plan on staying until the end of March. Malina is a 23 year-old grafitti artist whose work…
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The Baltic Way – the longest unbroken human chain in history
Read more: The Baltic Way – the longest unbroken human chain in historyAt 7:00 PM on 23 August 1989, approximately two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands, forming a human chain from Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius, spanning 675 kilometres, or 420 miles. It was a peaceful protest against…
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Cameron and Mitchell
Read more: Cameron and Mitchell‘Modern Family’ Finale: How Cameron and Mitchell Forever Changed Gay Families on TV The groundbreaking ABC sitcom came to a conclusion this week, forever leaving its mark on the LGBTQ television landscape. Jude Dry Apr 10, 2020 5:00 pm When…
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Why the Music of Protest Is Still Worth Defending
Read more: Why the Music of Protest Is Still Worth DefendingIt’s become fashionable to say that political music is either dead or irrelevant. “Because of the ’60s, part and parcel of being a `serious music fan’ is lamenting that music isn’t political enough,” wrote communications scholar Michael Barthel in Salon…
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Monopoly
Read more: MonopolyMonopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well in a game of Monopoly, the bestselling board game that…
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We have to get beyond the shame’: Women of the World launches festival against sexual violence
Read more: We have to get beyond the shame’: Women of the World launches festival against sexual violenceGender equality charity Women of the World (WOW) is launching a one-day festival of activism that invites people from all generations, genders and backgrounds to take part in conversations around sexual violence. The festival, created in partnership with Birkbeck, University…
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Moving Chains
Read more: Moving ChainsMoving Chains is a monumental 110-foot long kinetic sculpture that evokes the hull of a ship, built from steel and Sapele, a tree native to West Africa commonly referred to as African Mahogany. Inside of the sculpture, nine chains run…
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In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, the hoodie takes on a greater meaning
Read more: In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, the hoodie takes on a greater meaningI was just shy of 18 when I bought the hooded sweatshirt — a metallic silver thing that cost about $10 on the Aeropostale clearance rack — to take with me to Northwestern University in the Chicago suburbs, knowing my…
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The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action
Read more: The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and ActionThe Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action (https://theamplificationproject.com) is a community-led participatory public digital archive to which any artist and activist can document, preserve and share their work inspired, influenced, or affected by forced migration.…
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The SOA Cycle
Read more: The SOA Cycle“SOA Cycle, and what it later became, which is called the Democracy Cycle, is a group of seven large works that approach the question of democracy. What is democracy? How is it constructed? How is it implemented? Is it something…
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Walkthrough
Read more: WalkthroughMoMA presents the first comprehensive American survey of the leading contemporary artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon), featuring his work in photography, video, sculpture, and performance from the last 25 years. Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video…