photographs? really?
Spotted this interesting tidbit at sfgirlbybay:
I read an article last night that researchers at the United Kingdom’s Open University examined how much people’s mood rose after eating chocolate, sipping a cocktail, watching TV, listening to music, or looking at photographs. The music and chocolate left most people’s moods unchanged, alcohol and TV gave a [...]
asshole update
They didn’t hit him hard enough. It’s appalling to me that 3 are already serving time and the 4 others could end up in prison for 3-25 years. I’d still be beating him.
Here’s links to the original story; here’s the update (spotted at Feministing). I have to agree with the commenters at Feministing that “seething [...]
Disappointing update on vote for Kiri Davis!
According to Afrobella this morning:
“CG!’s film contest CosmoGIRL! and Take Action Hollywood announce our Film Contest finalists.
We have determined that the online voting has been corrupted as a result of one or more instances of tampering with the voting process by users. As a result, none of the online votes will be counted, and we [...]
Well. What of the timing of the dismissal of charges in the Duke rape case against the backdrop of Don Imus’ insult of the Rutgers women basketball players, and the quote that I caught in the elevator that the accuser “may actually believe the many different stories that she has been telling?” The blogosphere has [...]
This is hilarious.
(I borrowed it from here).
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- Taking a Break February 7, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 7, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]