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Mark Rothko, No 7, 1964 Ed note: This new-to-me, larger scan is less blue than the previous version which appears more blue center and brown outside, while this appears more neutral and purple but I suspect it’s more true as the other scans of no 7 I have seen resemble it more, and “pushing” Rothkos…
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America’s greatest shame in 2015 is not a piece of cloth. It’s that a black boy has a life expectancy five years shorter than a white boy. It’s that the net worth of the average black household in 2011 was $6,314, compared with $110,500 for the average white household, according to census data. It’s that…
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iandeleonarts: latinocaribbeanartists: Ian Deleón ¡Este Pueblo Tiene Sabor!, 2013. Inkjet print, 21 x 21 in (53 x 53 cm). These figurative logos for Hatuey beer (purchased by Bacardi from the original Cuban bottlers) and the Old Colony soft drink (marketed in Puerto Rico through Pepsi) are taken out of their consumer product contexts and placed against the sky…
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<blockquote>Social networks influence how ideas and beliefs can spread around a society. In this study, the University of Pennsylvania’s Damon Centola shows that networks that are very diffuse (left) make it hard for ideas to catch on, while networks with very strong group boundaries (right) make it almost impossible for ideas to spread. A network…
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Save the Date! April 2-3 2016 somewhere special in NL O yes! After exploring LGBTQ & Feminine Perspectives in 2014, and Ethnic Backgrounds in 2015, it’s time to prepare yourself for the next Games [4Diversity] Jam! The theme is still a BIG secret, but rest assured the jam will try to contribute to improved representation…
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Nigerians in Space: afrofuturist science fiction debut novel
mostlysignssomeportents: This sounds good: Afrocyberpunk reviews the debut novel of Deji Olukotun, Nigerians in Space: “He wouldn’t hit golf balls like the American astronauts. He would squeeze out rhythms from a talking drum into the blackness between the stars. These were the drums of war and death, of celebration, the drums that had bonded the…