May 2012
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Zanele Muholi's digital archives stolen →
Ugh. This makes me feel physically ill. Her work is SO IMPORTANT.
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Pigeons in the rafters, gophers in the garden. Grad school is full of wild animals.
Wednesdays are my favorite days, I think. No work, so I can rise at my leisure. Then I go out to the studios and sit in the sun and talk with an incredible group of people. Many Wednesdays, like today, I’ll have a studio visit from a faculty member or a guest. Then I go home and eat dinner with my...
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Women I was compared to on the street yesterday:
Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice
Jada Pinkett
I am serving up some ’90s realness these days, I guess.
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Bertrand Russell on the Ten Commandments of... →
Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority...
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Here is an adorable interview with Margaret... →
Good news! MaddAddam, the final book in the Oryx and Crake/Year of the Flood trilogy, will probably come out some time next year.
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Paul Thek's “Teaching Notes: 4-Dimensional Design”
I’ve gotten really into Paul Thek’s “Teaching Notes,” which he wrote while teaching at Cooper Union. I’m pretty into Paul Thek in general, but it’s hard to find good reproductions of his work to show here. I love “Teaching Notes,” and I am trying to figure out how to use them in the classroom as a tool of self-discovery and community building. Some...