Nadephe (DaphNee)

mollycrabapple: “Amina”, a Tunisian member of FEMEN. Text...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:48 -0400

“Amina”, a Tunisian member of FEMEN.

Text reads “My body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour”.

bronxdoc: Tonight 8pm New York is a city full of stories. Join...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:02:24 -0500

Tonight 8pm

New York is a city full of stories. Join us for a night that celebrates the five boroughs. Five short documentary films will be screened.

Suggested donation: $5

hoLY SHIT

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:13:12 -0500

foudre:

here’s ondria hardin in black~~face~~body in an editorial in numéro called “african queen” because why hire a black model when you could just paint a white one!

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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:25:09 -0500

O Pioneer!: Work

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:10:19 -0500

O Pioneer!: Work:

richardlawson:

That Gawker Media gets a bad rap is no surprise to me. I worked there for some four years, and bigger than that, I cut my teeth there — Nick Denton is the man to whom I owe my career; he taught me to write fearlessly, though oftentimes the writing I did is stuff that I’m ashamed of to this day. I…

beholdphotos: “Sworn virgins” are Albanian women who decide to...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:30:26 -0500

beholdphotos:

“Sworn virgins” are Albanian women who decide to ignore their female identity and live as men in the Balkans. Photographer Jill Peters captures them HERE: http://slate.me/TcXJ0D

I wrote about “sworn virgins”, men by choice in the Balkans.

unypl: 2012 Highlights from the Underground New York Public...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:29:07 -0500

unypl:

2012 Highlights from the Underground New York Public Library

Here are ten highlights from almost one thousand photographs that have become part of the UNYPL in 2012. Each photo posted in the library is beloved. The Reading-Riders have thoroughly inspired me, in their presence and in their act of transcendence. Photographing and interacting with them in the past year has impacted me as a photographer and as a person.To them, Thank you!

Sharing the UNYPL has been so rewarding. It became part of everyday to hear from those who were inspired in one way or another by the people in the photographs. I love the idea that we inspire each other, that we experience others and we become greater for it. Thank you to everyone who has liked, shared, responded and written over the past year. You helped me build this library and I’m looking forward to taking it into 2013.

New posts will begin after Jan. 1st. A Happy and fulfilling New Year to everyone!

“Ask the Dust,” by John Fante

“Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good”, by Kevin Smith

“The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued,” by Ann Crittenden

“Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature’s 50 Greatest Hits,” by Jack Murnighan

“Othello” by William Shakespeare

“To the Finland Station ,” by Edmund Wilson

“Bared to You,” by Sylvia Day

“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” by Harriet Jacobs

“Don’t Be Sad,” by Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

“The Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolaño

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Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:11:55 -0500

Word.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:59:09 -0500

Word.

I wrote about Wilma Hurskainen and her family recreating their...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:58:35 -0500

I wrote about Wilma Hurskainen and her family recreating their childhood photos.

beholdphotos:

Ever wondered what it was like to return to the past? Artist Wilma Hurskainen painstakingly re-enacts all of her childhood pictures with her sisters — right down to the facial expressions. More photos HERE: http://slate.me/UBZ9z7

life: Ready, set, swoon: Today we present rare and unpublished...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:34:13 -0500

life:

Ready, set, swoon: Today we present rare and unpublished photographs of Marlon Brando.

beholdphotos: Fascinating: Yemeni photographer Boushra...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:52:35 -0500

beholdphotos:

Fascinating: Yemeni photographer Boushra Almutawakel pushes boundaries with her hijab series. More photos HERE.

beholdphotos: Awkward and authentic: Photographer Leon...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:52:00 -0500

beholdphotos:

Awkward and authentic: Photographer Leon Borensztein’s 13 years of taking portraits throughout America. http://slate.me/XmpBUh

beholdphotos: It just doesn’t look too comfortable, does it?...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:30:30 -0500

beholdphotos:

It just doesn’t look too comfortable, does it? Michael Wolf’s Tokyo Compression series.

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Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:49:40 -0500

humansofnewyork: Dedication.

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:48:54 -0500

humansofnewyork:

Dedication.

gawkercom: Here’s a production still from the new Hunger Games...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:42:31 -0400

gawkercom:

Here’s a production still from the new Hunger Games movie. Kidding! Totally kidding: this is what the (second block of a six-block) line for one of the three Brooklyn - Manhattan shuttle buses looked like, as of about an hour ago. If you’re not walking to work today you’re probably not getting in. [photo by Virginia Laird]

WOW. W

artruby: Francisco Mata, Mictlán, (1990)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:39:15 -0400

artruby:

Francisco Mata, Mictlán, (1990)

beholdphotos: Mike Hollingshead’s gorgeous shots of intense...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:38:20 -0400

beholdphotos:

Mike Hollingshead’s gorgeous shots of intense weather.

buzzfeedpolitics: How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:30:01 -0400

buzzfeedpolitics:

How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter Spread Fake News About Hurricane Sandy

by Andrew Kaczynski

The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers. His bio describes him as “My Interests: Finance, Gin, Politics, Books, Food, Fine Clothing, Meeting Strangers #Mitt2012” and links to a Romney campaign donation page of the sort that credits bundlers for the cash they’ve brought in.

His 6,000 followers include political and business reporters, and he’ll occasionally tweet of getting a drink with Business Insider’s Joe Wiesenthal; once with BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith.

And in the chaos around Hurricane Sandy, he veered into new territory: Trying to trick his media followers, and their followers and readers in turn, with fake news. He reported, falsely, on a total blackout in Manhattan, on a flood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and other things that didn’t happen.

Two of his tweets garnered more than 500 retweets. One drew a rebuke from ConEd’s official Twitter account.

Twitter’s self-correction mechanism — rebukes and rebuttals from knowledgeable sources — shut down each rumor, but not until at least one, the flood claim, had bled widely into the television media.

@comfortablysmug didn’t respond immediately to an inquiry, via Twitter direct message, as to his motives.