RafaelFajardo

Category: words

  • In much of the 20th century, artists and critics were more or less in agreement about what constituted avant-garde practice, that is, how we understand what it means to be political or progressive. It entailed antagonism, corruption, dissemination — in general anything that helps to storm the bastions of power in order to fleece them…

  • pixelatedcrown: daisies are pretty standard! and pretty pretty. thought ppl might be interested in bit of a progress shot too, I’ve been makin all of the flowers this way so far!

  • kateoplis: NYT to Sofia Coppola: “critics often say your films are ‘too aesthetic.’ But you tell stories visually. Music plays a big role, and there’s not a lot of talking. Anjelica Huston: My favorite kind of movie. I want to work for you. Sofia: Sometimes, people think aesthetics are superficial. But I think they can be…

  • claudiablacks: you don’t create  n e w  w o r l d s to give them       all the same l i m i t s  as the old ones

  • Are we in a world where app developers and consumers view apps like games or TV shows? That is, something you might only expect to use for a few months? And in this world, how do you differentiate fads from trends? Apps in a world of abundance | USV Conversations (via soxiam)

  • Look, without our stories, without the true nature and reality of who we are as People of Color, nothing about fanboy or fangirl culture would make sense. What I mean by that is: if it wasn’t for race, X-Men doesn’t make sense. If it wasn’t for the history of breeding human beings in the New…

  • brucesterling: *When they say “elegant,” they don’t mean aesthetically attractive, because they’re engineers and yet it is an aesthetic.

  • anthonyburrill: “WORK HARD & BE COOL WITH THE PEOPLE” Wood type letterpress poster printed by Grafica Fidalga, São Paulo, Brazil (2012)

  • profeminist: Women of Color Working in STEM Fields Are Frequently Mistaken for Janitors  Almost half of Black and Latina women working as scientists have been mistaken for a janitor or administrator their offices, reveals a new report on the experiences of women of color working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. “As one…