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EASY TO ASSEMBLE – Spain’s Podemos Leftist Party Printed its Program as an Ikea Catalog so Voters Will Actually Read It
Read more: EASY TO ASSEMBLE – Spain’s Podemos Leftist Party Printed its Program as an Ikea Catalog so Voters Will Actually Read ItWhether or not they follow politics, it’s fair to assume most people don’t actually read electoral programs. Podemos, Spain’s growing leftwing party, which got nearly 21% of the votes in last year’s elections, doesn’t think that’s good, so it adopted…
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I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of Oppression
Read more: I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of OppressionThis installation of 13 photographic self-portraits explores European-American heritage, my family and their role in the history of racism, colonization, genocide, and classism. The ancestors, real and imagined, span over 2000 years from the Celtic Iron Age to the present…
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Add Privacy for £35
Read more: Add Privacy for £35In the UK, the secretary of state Theresa May is attempting to pass a new investigatory draft bill that would essentially rid all British citizens of the right to privacy and security on the internet. Internet providers will be required…
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Bridgetown DiY
Read more: Bridgetown DiYBridgetown DIY is a not-for-profit social center and music/art space. We are dedicated to empowerment through education, collaboration, and sharing. External sources: https://bridgetowndiy.tumblr.com/
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The Ovarian Psycos
Read more: The Ovarian PsycosOvarian Psyco-Cycle Brigade (OPC) are womxn of color, sisters, mothers, overgrown knuckleheads, riders, writers, students, wage slaves, hustlers, artists, MCs, poets, intellectuals, radical scholars, passionate womxn, environmentalists, urban farmers, medicine womxn, militants, feminists, renaissance womxn, fearless fierro riders and modern-day…
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Organic Rooftop Garden
Read more: Organic Rooftop GardenSince 2009, we have gradually developed an organic roof top garden for our residents to learn about urban food production, sustainable technologies and to have the experience of producing food for Our Community. Our project currently includes 80 single raised…
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Snake in the Grass
Read more: Snake in the Grass“Art is so often only experienced through looking,” artist Caitlin Rose Sweet explained to The Huffington Post. “It’s a short pathway from the eyes to the brain. I want the whole body involved.” Sweet is a Brooklyn-based maker blurring the…
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Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016
Read more: Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016Before it was called the Downtown Arts District, many more artists lived and worked in this stretch of central Los Angeles. The neighborhood was a rough-edged alternative for people in need of large, industrial spaces. A home for those willing…
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What Is Obscenity? The Story Of A Good For Nothing Artist And Her Pussy.
Read more: What Is Obscenity? The Story Of A Good For Nothing Artist And Her Pussy.Rokudenashiko is on a mission to free the vagina. In her native country of Japan, the vaginal slang word “manko” is considered taboo while the penis equivalent, “chinko,” is used freely. Rokudenashiko (the pseudonym of artist Megumi Igarashi) uses her…
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Sad Girl Theory
Read more: Sad Girl TheoryDuring a moment when the facade of social media seems to be cracking, it’s easy to look to Instagram stars and wonder what’s real and what’s fake. Last month, Essena O’Neill, the Australian teenager who racked up more than half…
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Everything She Says Means Everything
Read more: Everything She Says Means EverythingCalling all feminist activists, nudists, Cleveland-based Democrats, and people overdue for a laundry day. Photographer Spencer Tunick is looking for 100 bold women to pose nude for a Cleveland-based photo shoot on July 17, 2016. Also — you’ll be baring…
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In the Raw: The Female Gaze on the Nude
Read more: In the Raw: The Female Gaze on the NudeFor centuries, (male) artists have perpetuated a relatively consistent image of the female nude: She’s soft, willowy, and docile. Sensual but not sexually aggressive. Flirtatious but not confrontational. She’s not quite a human but, mediated through the lens of a…