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Buckminster Fuller was a world-renowned architect, math-obsessed designer, and affable weirdo. He died in 1983, but Fuller is still remembered fondly today for his geodesic domes and his three-wheeled cars. Despite extensive historical interest in the man, his FBI file has never been made public. Until now. Photo: Buckminster Fuller in 1929 with a model…
A rendering of “The Sunbather” planned for Jackson Avenue. View Full Caption Department of Cultural Affairs LONG ISLAND CITY — The City Council passed a bill Thursday that will require public hearings before some public art projects can be installed. The legislation was introduced by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer earlier this year after outcry over…
I like everything about the new Disney movie Tomorrowland but the movie. ######## END SNIPPET ######## Does that confuse you? It confuses me, too. There’s so much great stuff in this movie that doesn’t even remotely hang together. And yet I loved the acting and the directing and the banter and the ultimate message of…
An explanation to why saying “I don’t see color” actually contributes to racism. Feminist Fridays Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/marinashutup Twitter: https://twitter.com/marinashutup Tumblr: http://marinashutup.tumblr.com/ Literary Tees: http://g4tsby.onlineshirtstores.com/ Sources: “Colorblindness: Challenging the Discourse of Contemporary U.S. Racism” by Rita Cameron Wedding, Ph. D. “The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender” by Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and…
In case you hadn’t yet heard, Mad Max: Fury Road is awesome. I’ve already seen it twice and will probably go see it again at some point before it drives off into Home Video Valhalla (WITNESS!!!). One of the best parts about it is that it delivered on the promise of the amazing and evocative…
In 2006, Oprah Winfrey cancelled an appearance on her show by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the parents whose 15 children had made them famous not just to fellow evangelical Christians but to the secular world as well. The loss of the Oprah special was no obstacle to the Duggars, who continued to star in…
Presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, became the first public figure to express support for the ultra-Christian Duggar family of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” reality show after the 27-year-old Duggar son, Josh, admitted to alleged child molestation charges as a teenager. Huckabee published his statement on his Facebook page and, among…
Expressions of wingnut support for Josh Duggar and his molesty past are starting to drip in, now that they’ve remembered that the focus of the narrative is REDEMPTION, because they have Jesus and you don’t. They are saved, you are going to hell. They can fuck kids, and you don’t fuck kids in the first…
Over the last few years, Taylor Swift has become one of the two or three biggest pop stars in the world. She has accumulated no fewer than four homes (including a $3.5 million place in Beverly Hills and a $20 million Tribeca penthouse) and drawn enormous press and media attention. She’s still on the cover…
ll the haters who are pissed off that there’s a strong female lead in the new Mad Max film need to realize something… FEMALES ARE STRONG AS HELL!!!!!! Behold… the UNBREAKABLE FURIOSA!!!! via ▶ The Unbreakable Furiosa – YouTube.