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March 25th, 2013
thesmithian
'What should a domestic violence shelter look like?'
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February 20th, 2013
thesmithian
…the Oscar Pistorius case tells us that brutal violence against women is an equal-opportunity affliction in South Africa; it has no respect for whether its victims are rich or poor, black or white, suburban or rural. Our society is drenched in violence. A woman is safe in neither a shack nor a mansion.
Eusebius McKaiser, from Johannesburg, in the New York Times
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February 9th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom The walk is in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was murdered in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend while preparing for her wedding. more.

The walk is in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was murdered in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend while preparing for her wedding.

more.

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February 25th, 2012
thesmithian
'...pain and bad decisions are a part of life, and that those "role models" we pull from the ether of mass culture will inevitably fail us. They are only human, sometimes shockingly so.'
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January 8th, 2012
thesmithian
…the Warshawksi novels have only grown better…fiercer both in their feminist politics and in their commitment to storylines about social justice. A typical Warshawski investigation not only zooms in on the genre’s “usual suspects” (greedy opportunists, professional con artists, dysfunctional families), but also the larger social ills plaguing contemporary America. Recent novels have explored the subjects of homelessness, illegal immigrants, domestic violence and the unfulfilled promises of the civil rights movement. Breakdown…tackles the ever-widening class divide in America, as well as the unchecked power of media pedagogues. more.

…the Warshawksi novels have only grown better…fiercer both in their feminist politics and in their commitment to storylines about social justice. A typical Warshawski investigation not only zooms in on the genre’s “usual suspects” (greedy opportunists, professional con artists, dysfunctional families), but also the larger social ills plaguing contemporary America. Recent novels have explored the subjects of homelessness, illegal immigrants, domestic violence and the unfulfilled promises of the civil rights movement. Breakdown…tackles the ever-widening class divide in America, as well as the unchecked power of media pedagogues.

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May 10th, 2011
thesmithian
Common at the White House = Rappers are often conflated with the content of their material in a way other artists aren’t because the narratives almost always take place in first person as part of an emcees’ effort to create a literary persona. That’s part of why William Shakespeare has never been accused of endorsing rape or domestic violence. Mix that with a black president whose spent the last few years facing accusations of covert black militancy from Republicans, and you’ve got yourself a faux-scandal… more.

Common at the White House =

Rappers are often conflated with the content of their material in a way other artists aren’t because the narratives almost always take place in first person as part of an emcees’ effort to create a literary persona. That’s part of why William Shakespeare has never been accused of endorsing rape or domestic violence. Mix that with a black president whose spent the last few years facing accusations of covert black militancy from Republicans, and you’ve got yourself a faux-scandal…

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May 9th, 2011
thesmithian
Zoom “You don’t have to wait till death do you apart.”

“You don’t have to wait till death do you apart.”

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November 26th, 2010
thesmithian
'In her new book, "America By Heart," Palin takes aim at the feminists who blazed the trail to political agency that Palin now walks, accusing Hillary Clinton of "bra-burning militancy" and Gloria Steinem and second-wave feminists of obsession with domestic violence and rape. Perhaps that's why, overall, Palin appears to be more popular with men than with women...'
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September 9th, 2010
thesmithian
Zoom [Floyd Mayweather] WTF. +++++ Cibachrome print of Floyd Mayweather’s hand by Andres Serrano. From the 2006 “Hands” series.

[Floyd Mayweather] WTF.

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Cibachrome print of Floyd Mayweather’s hand by Andres Serrano. From the 2006 “Hands” series.

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September 9th, 2010
thesmithian
[Matt Barnes] WTF. He’s making 10 Ten lists, tho. And not in a good way.

[Matt Barnes] WTF. He’s making 10 Ten lists, tho. And not in a good way.

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