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British artist Jessica Harrison tackles and unpacks assumptions about the female body with her cleverly embellished figurines. The found ceramics are selected for their silly poses, onto which Harrison adds her own flourishes: an anatomical overhaul spiked with tongue-in-cheek humor. As Harrison puts it, “the re-worked ceramic makes the figure a participant in their own…
Ad Header Header Various social media accounts have begun documenting #PostRefRacism. And it’s a bit terrifying… (h/t Post Ref Racism and Sarah Childs) Immigration. Patriotism. Muslims. People explain why they voted #Leave https://t.co/M2JBQEbEAJ — Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) June 24, 2016 Been standing here five minutes. Three different people have shouted “send them home”. pic.twitter.com/cVvmYvC73o…
‘I was drunk,’ ‘I was joking,’ ‘It’s free speech’: men are making awful excuses for why they harass women online. In Australia last year, a young woman named Olivia Meville faced an onslaught of Tinder shaming by strange men for simply posting a Drake lyric in her bio—“The type of girl that will suck you…
When Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s fastest selling video game ever, was released in 2014, it captured the hacking spirit of the times. The game’s hacker hero, Aidan Pearce, takes advantage of the connected nature of today’s smart cities to wreak havoc in Chicago while hunting down the organization that killed his niece. The game was so…
Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead, reports have emerged that gunman Omar Mateen frequented the gay club, used gay dating apps and had gay lovers. But the FBI has found no evidence so far to support claims by those who say Mateen had gay lovers or communicated…
Abigail Fisher, the plaintiff in the latest round of affirmative action cases heard before the Supreme Court, is the perfect villain in a liberal morality play about the evils of racism. Fisher’s case before the Supreme Court, in which she demanded that she be admitted to the University of Texas at Austin despite not having the…
Nintendo has publicly denied that joke from an E3 demo for the upcoming Wii U game Paper Mario: Color Splash is a reference to a harassment campaign that targeted game designer Zoe Quinn. The company says it’s a nod to the Watergate scandal from the 1970s. The jokes drew scrutiny yesterday as they were passed…
Before, it was very narrow with what Asian-Americans should do, the careers they should get into. It was limited to being a doctor, lawyer or business person. We were really comfortable with that and we found our place with the model minority. We’re all model citizens and have a 4.0 GPA, 1600 on SATs. Everything…
A group of caring canines and their human supporters gathered in Chinatown Friday to rally in protest of the annual Chinese dog eating festival in Yulin that starts next week. About 15 dogs paraded in front of the Wyndham Hotel on Bowery. Several were decked out in purple accessories — the color representing animal abuse…
Animal rights protesters gather in NYC’s Chinatown to protest the Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, which opened today in Southern China. (Photo Credit: NY Daily News / Susan Watts) Since 2009, one festival in China has caused a stir in the animal rights community. The festival — the Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival…