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I saw this today and thought about not going there, but this case is still at the forefront in my mind, and upon seeing it I was reminded of this post by Samhita at Feministing, in which she writes:
The charges were dropped. Does this mean that they are innocent? None of us actually know what [...]

african-american representational art for under $100?

My nephew’s birthday is May 8, and I’m looking for some art for him. Something I can afford. He’s very interested in having representational images of African Americans–he’s half-Iranian and their home is filled with Persian art and artifacts, but no African American ones, and he’d like to rectify it, at least his space. I [...]

okay, i’ma have to say that old girl and her friends are overreacting about the couch–which she apparently opted to keep

Offensive couch label traced to China
TORONTO — Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch wasdelivered to her home with a label that used a racial slur todescribe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.
* Read the full article at:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1101AP_Canada_Couch_Racial_Slur.html
Offensive couch label traced to ChinaBy CHARMAINE NORONHAASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TORONTO — Doris Moore was shocked when [...]

a new artist and art space about which i did not know

April 3, 2007 to April 28, 2007AIR Gallery*, New York
Seeing the Light: JoAnne McFarland
*A.I.R. Gallery, the first not-for-profit women’s artist-run gallery in the United States.

on point

(spotted at she real cool. I tell anyone I can about Simmons’ documentary No!, which is one of the best films I’ve ever seen.)
From: AfroLez ProductionsSent: Sun 4/15/2007 3:34 PMTo:Subject: But Some of Us Are Brave—In Support of the April 28,2007 National Day of Truthtelling in Durham, North Carolina
But Some of Us Are Brave—In Support [...]

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    • Haiku in my Neighborhood (M. Hanks Gallery, 2009) March 11, 2010
      Haiku in my Neighborhood. Poems by Dee Dee McNeil, photographs by Roland Charles,  M. Hanks Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821810-1-0, $25.00. (Pages from the book are viewable at Google Books online.) Haiku in my Neighborhood – a coffee table book of 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer/songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs by noted photographer-ar […]
    • The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack by Barthélémy Toguo (Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 2010) March 11, 2010
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