The New York-born artist Michael Bailey, per the Whitney’s description, based this painting on diagrams of a ship carrying abducted Africans to the Americas that were published in 1780 by an English abolitionist group. No need to imagine it. This is how they did it.
It’s tough when a loved one who never hurt you dies. They are in such short supply.
Why are people so pressed about and focused on Bennifer, when there’s a big ol’ Diddy right there?
Universities don’t silence, they amplify. They promote and share knowledge and research and community. The time for peaceful protest is now. This situation is global and humanity has to be heard and the response of the powerful must reflect the spirit of the moment. No one in their right mind wants more war for profit, […]
The fact that a convoy of World Central Kitchen workers – a flagless, borderless non-profit with a focused mission to help feed humans in moments of crisis – was stomped out of existence, that peace seeking was snuffed so cavalierly, cannot be ignored. All they do is help, boots on the ground, everyone everywhere, without […]
Being destructive isn’t brave. Peace may not be as lucrative, but it cannot be ignored – no matter what today’s Academy Awards ceremony might suggest. There is more money in crisis, but we neither have to participate in the persistent lunacy of the game of war nor tolerate its most involved players (after all, it […]
Natural disasters, however Man-fueled, cannot be prevented – they can only be managed…survived. But Man-made disasters like wars, that we can do without (if we really wanna). So help. Help the people of Acapulco, the people on your streets, the people we all know need our help the most. Fuck it, help yourself by not […]
What is happening right now is not normal. We were not designed to be in a state of war, of constant alert. A good thing that we are capable of defense, but it isn’t necessary or healthy to be in a consistent state of alarm, or outrage, of pain. And yet, that’s what’s been going […]
Meanwhile, some people still out there raging war, trying to strip others of their unalienable rights, raping and pillaging the planet – and they’re “in charge”? In what reality do they live that their priorities are so whack. We are so clearly and painfully aware of how bad humanity can be, I’m so curious of […]
You know what is the problem with #SanFrancisco (anywhere with a fucked situation, really): People don’t listen and don’t make the meaningful effort to meet other people where they are. Fucking doctors don’t listen. So-called allies don’t listen. Even strangers that want something from you don’t listen. And then, they all get all bent outta […]
King of Cups 