You see, the thing is....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:50:37 -0500

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&:

“The social deprivation and draining of capital from these communities may well be the greatest contribution our state makes to income inequality,” Dr. Braman said. “There is no social institution I can think of that comes close to matching it.”

new year’s resolution #4: learn how to play el charango.

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:34:00 -0500

new year’s resolution #4: learn how to play el charango.

storyboard: The Reconstructionists: Celebrating Badass...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:07:39 -0500

storyboard:

The Reconstructionists: Celebrating Badass Women

What do Buddhist artist Agnes Martin, Hollywood inventor Hedy Lamarr, and French-Cuban author Anaïs Nin have in common? Their names may not conjure popular recognition, and yet, for Lisa Congdon and Maria Popova, these women represent a particular breed of cultural trailblazer: female, under-appreciated, badass. They are “Reconstructionists,” as the writer-illustrator duo call them — and for the next year, they’ll be celebrated on a blog of the same name. Every Monday for 12 months, The Reconstructionists will debut a hand-painted illustration and short essay highlighting a woman from fields such as art, science, and literature. The subject needn’t be famous, but she will, as Popova, the creator of Brain Pickings, puts it, “have changed the way we define ourselves as a culture.” We spoke with Popova, and illustrator Congdon, about the inspiration behind their project.

How’d you come up with the name ‘Reconstructionist’?

Maria Popova: It’s very challenging to celebrate women without pigeonholing the project into some stereotypical and alienating feminist corner, the most dangerous part of which is the preaching-to-the-choir quality that many such projects tend to have. So when it was time to come up with a title for the project, it couldn’t be something too literal or too obvious. After sifting through hundreds of letters, diaries, autobiographies, and other writing, I suddenly remembered something Anaïs Nin had written in a 1944 diary entry — about “woman’s role in the reconstruction of the world.” It was perfect. It was the only common denominator between those women – they aren’t all artists, or all writers, or all to be expected in the pages of a tenth-grade history book. They are simply all reconstructionists.

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Invisible helmet cowl.

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:48:52 -0400

Invisible helmet cowl.

PUNK vs PUTIN: The Feminist Whip

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:28:57 -0400

PUNK vs PUTIN: The Feminist Whip

theparisreview: What We’re Loving: I am continually captivated...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:30:51 -0400

theparisreview:

What We’re Loving:

I am continually captivated by the underwater art of “eco-sculptor” Jason deCaires Taylor—or, rather, what happens to it. Taylor submerges his work—predominantly human figures—in the waters of the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico. Over time, the permanent installations come to act as artificial reefs, attracting corals, aggregating fish species, and increasing marine biomass. Most of Taylor’s figures stand with their faces upturned to the surface, their eyes closed, as they are silently and arrestingly overtaken by algae, sponges, and hydrozoans. The overall impression is one of indomitable spirit within metamorphosis: creatures coming to life. —Anna Hadfield

Every Single Night by Fiona Apple

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:49:55 -0400

Every Single Night by Fiona Apple

20,000 yr old clay piece. (via News from The Associated Press)

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:35:00 -0400

20,000 yr old clay piece. (via News from The Associated Press)

Olympics struggle with ‘policing femininity’ - thestar.com

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:36:13 -0400

Olympics struggle with ‘policing femininity’ - thestar.com:

In a move critics call “policing femininity,” recent rule changes by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the governing body of track and field, state that for a woman to compete, her testosterone must not exceed the male threshold.

If it does, she must have surgery or receive hormone therapy prescribed by an expert IAAF medical panel and submit to regular monitoring.

twentyfourbit: Angelo Badalamenti Revisits Twin Peaks In which...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:03:58 -0400

twentyfourbit:

Angelo Badalamenti Revisits Twin Peaks

In which Badalamenti performs “Laura Palmer’s Theme” while recounting the moment he and David Lynch first dreamt up the score. From the 50-second mark on, things get really haunting.

La rumba buena.

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:07:59 -0400

La rumba buena.

A simple sugar away from singularity or platinum...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:53:00 -0400

A simple sugar away from singularity

platinum limbs.

TRANSHUMANISM.

SOLIPSIST video

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:33:26 -0400

SOLIPSIST video

I just want to dream (of) a major transiting venus lazer.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:33:00 -0400

This is important because Amber is the new Gold:

oh, hey venus.