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To Vaccine Selfie or Not to Vaccine Selfie? / Hyperallergic
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but on social media it might feel like it is. In the United States, the happy, smiling faces of recently vaccinated friends and family members offer a slice of...
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What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? / HYPERALLERGIC
What Makes Medieval Art So Meme-able? All over Instagram, medieval imagery has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious, depending on your sense of humor. Medieval imagery wasn’t...
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30 Art History Memes That Are Hilariously Relatable, As Shared On This...
The middle ages were definitely a different time, which we can clearly see reflected in their artwork. But even though we might not be able to relate to wielding swords, wearing fabulous dresses or...
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Miami, Chonga Girls, and Claiming an Aesthetics of Excess / Hyperallergic
Crystal Pearl Molinary, “Habana Riviera” (2011) (courtesy Crystal Pearl Molinary) I reviewed Jillian Hernandez’s stellar book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment...
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The Haunting History of America’s Largest Confederate Monument / Hyperallergic
A new documentary investigates the racist origins of the Stone Mountain monument near Atlanta, Georgia — the Mount Rushmore of white supremacy. You’ve heard of Mount Rushmore, but do you know of Stone...
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Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul / THE MARKAZ REVIEW
Golden Horn, Galata Tower, Kadıköy Istanbul (photo Dursun Bayrak). Looking for love and her father’s past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and after Covid. The...
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How To Build An Authentic, Relatable Brand On Social Media / FORBES
Getty My book The Selfie Generation is mentioned in this article on Forbes.com by Sam Mehrbod: The Face Behind The Brand Let me break it to you, we are all self-conscious about how we look or how we...
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‘Jokes from the heart’: Alicia Kismet Eler finds material in experiences as a...
Comedian Alicia Kismet Eler, pictured with her cat Tija, often utilizes charatcers and props to bring her jokes to life. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal ‘Jokes from the heart’: Alicia Kismet Eler...
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The Native Journalists Fighting for a Free Press / HYPERALLERGIC
Bad Press follows a Muscogee publication’s struggle against local government censorship and corruption. Still of Jaden Hill from Bad Press (photo by Joe Peeler, all images courtesy Sundance Institute)...
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The Apocalypse is a Dance Party / by Sena Başöz, translated from Turkish by...
Turkish artist Ibrahim Çallı, “New Year’s Ball in the Park Hotel,” 1930 (private collection). The metaphor of the magnolia and the advent of the apocalypse meld in a Turkish artist’s imaginary. By Sena...
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