History's Magic Mirror: America’s Economic Crisis and the Weimar Republic of Pre-Nazi Germany

History's Magic Mirror: America’s Economic Crisis and the Weimar Republic of Pre-Nazi Germany
We have a lot to be afraid of depending on next weeks outcome. All the voter manipulation going on with the GOP and the hurricane. Will we be able to get through this election cycle believing that our elections are not being screwed up by immoral operatives? We'll see about voter fraud Fla. style next week. I hope the democrats will not be so spineless this time around if irregularities by GOP are found and won't back down when challenged.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Says PS 195 5th Grader Kameron Slade Will Be Allowed To Deliver Speech Supporting Same-Sex Marriage « CBS New York

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Says PS 195 5th Grader Kameron Slade Will Be Allowed To Deliver Speech Supporting Same-Sex Marriage « CBS New York Learning about discrimination and hate at school! What's wrong with this picture. Fire the principal. This individual does not belong in an educational capacity. Teaching hate politics and censorship is not an education mandate unless you are a KKK or GOP hate monger. Scapegoating a population is not the American way despite the fascists in our society who like the Nazis of the 1930s would like to make it so. It could happen here if we are not alert.

Dissent Magazine - Online Features - The Genderless War on Women’s Health -

Dissent Magazine - Online Features - The Genderless War on Women’s Health - The inherent dangers of a genderless approach are that women's concerns tend to disappear. Recently on the upper floors of a Manhattan based gay center--the distinction Woman's room disappeared but MEN's rooms still are labeled as such. What's wrong with this picture!!!

Boy, 4, sings anti-gay hymn in Indiana church

Boy, 4, sings anti-gay hymn in Indiana church
It is happening here, it has happened here. Tomorrow belongs to me from Cabaret is something that is now. You have to be carefully taught as the song from South Pacific reminds us and this is a horrible example of filling toddler minds with hate and reinforcing adult agendas. From the Klan to these people the extremes are alive and well in the US of A. We need to be alert and vote these representatives out of congress and our government or we will have no one to blame but ourselves.

Winnaretta Singer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Winnaretta Singer Polignac was one of the strangest lovers Romaine Brooks ever encountered. Their affair began in 1905 when Romaine first moved to Paris. The laison effectively ended Winnaretta's affair with Olga de Meyer, who was married at the time and whose godfather (and purported biological father) was Edward VII. Princess Winnie then bedded composer and conductor Ethel Smyth. In the early 1920s Polignac became involved with pianist Renata Borgatti who Romaine also had an affair with. The princesses most famous affair was with the British socialite and novelist Violet Trefusis, with whom she had a loving but often turbulent and sadistic relationship.That lasted for over a decade. Her last lover was Alvilde Chaplin, future wife of the author James Lees-Milne, was involved with Singer from 1938 to 1943; the two women were living together in London at the time of Winnaretta's death.

CassandraLanger culture chats: Preview "Romaine Brooks Happy Birthday"

CassandraLanger culture chats: Preview "Romaine Brooks Happy Birthday"

Mary Beth Edelson: A long over due tribute

First disclaimers, as an art historian/working critic I have known Mary Beth Edelson and her work since the feminist revolution of the 1970s. This being said I have to say I was knocked out by how au current the content of her art is now. The escalating war on women's rights being forwarded by the most extreme politicians and their puppet masters on the planet and in the US of A only serves to make us realize how very revolutionary her art was then and how radical it is today.
"The most intimate works included in the exhibition are a series of unique 10” x 12” black and white photographs with oil and collage that picture the artist’s early 1970’s ritual performances. This initial exploration of the possibilities of feminist “body art” has been widely reproduced and influential for subsequent generations of artists." The publicity blurb hardly covers the ground of what Edelson has done since her famous president setting appropriation of Leonardo's Last Supper in which she replaced his supporters with great women heroes of the past and then recent history. The original which was bought by the Museum of Modern art is on view in working form at the gallery (547 West 27th St. 6th Floor).
Not only is Mary Beth a cutting edge with it now artist but she also has a wicked sense of humor. I was highly amused by her women with guns series that included Bride of Frankenstein, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, and assorted other pistol packing mamas drawn from grade B film noir.
In this telling exhibition, Edelson now age 80 has let fly her imagination covering one wall with cut-outs embodying her most radical images. This is a virtual collage of her inspirations and a wonderful homage to all that inspired the feminist revolution of the 1970s and beyond.
If you have any political leanings, if you desire to be an activist and part of the solution not the on-going problem do not miss this Edelson's exhibition nor the excellent essay by Eleanor Hartney that accompanies it in the catalogue. Your mind will be opened, your spirit inspired and your activism ignited.